Levine Receives Sarason Award For Career Achievement

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Murray Levine, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo, has received the Seymour B. Sarason Award for Community Research and Action from the American Psychology Association (APA) in recognition of career accomplishments.

The award was presented recently to Levine during the APA's annual meeting, at which Levine addressed members on the topic of "Prevention and Community."

A faculty member since 1968, Levine serves as co-director of the Research Center for Children and Youth and adjunct professor of law at UB.

In 1994, he was named to the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect by Donna Shalala, U.S. secretary of health and human services.

Levine has written extensively on a number of legal issues related to child abuse and neglect, and has served as a member of the APA's Working Group on Legal and Policy Issues in Child Abuse and Neglect.

His book, "Helping Children: A Social History," is considered a classic study of the evolution of child welfare services in the United States.

He earned a bachelor's degree from College of the City of New York, master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree, magna cum laude, from UB.

Levine resides in Buffalo.