The Levins are all about action.
In the Fall of 2005, Bennett Levin acted on his wife Vivian's idea to revive the mid-20th century tradition of transporting dignitaries to the annual Army Navy game in Philadelphia. In 1955, over 20,000 people arrived at the stadium by train.
But in this revival, the honored dignitaries would not be the rich and famous.
They would be the marines, sailors and soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan who were recovering at the Bethesda Naval Hospital and Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
The Levins had the train...a historic and classic beauty that once served Presidents and royalty.
But this was a different time. And the Levins were up to the challenge.
Evidence of Bennett Levin's life-long commitment to helping others is his work on the Board of the Leonhard Center for Engineering Education at Penn State and service on the College of Engineering's Development Committee.
Widely respected as a Professional Engineer, he was selected in 1997 to be Penn State's College of Engineering's commencement speaker.
Also, in 1995 while serving as the Commissioner of the City of Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections, Mr. Levin received GOVERNING magazine's annual award as "Public Official of the Year.
The Levins have been married for seven years.
In late March 2006, the Levins will be honored by the Valley Forge Freedom Foundation with its prestigous George Washington medal.
Bennett and Vivian Levin are residents of Newtown, Pennsylvania, and currently live in Rancho Mirage, California.
