Oral History: Moises Levy (2014)

Moises Levy was born on April 8, 1930 in the Republic of Panama. He graduated from the California Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Chemistry and an M.S. in Chemical Engineering, and the University of California, Los Angeles with a Ph.D. in Physics. In 1971, Levy joined the Physics Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he became a professor and elected chair. Levy has been primarily involved the interaction of ultrasonics and superconductivity, serving as General Chairman of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposia and most recently the Representative of UFFC-S on the IEEE Council of Superconductivity.

In this interview, Moises Levy outlines his early interest and academic experiences surrounding superconductivity and ultrasonics. This develops into a discussion of Levy's first involvement with the UFFC, his participation in the Applied Superconductivity Conference (ASC), particularly concerning its relationship with the IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, and his participation in the the IEEE Committee on Superconductivity and his role in the transition of this committee into the IEEE Council on Superconductivity.