Dr. Levin was affiliated with Hofstra from 1955 until his death in 1992, as Economics Department Chairman, the first holder of the Augustus B. Weller Chair in Economics (the first fully endowed professorial chair on Long Island), Special Professor of Law, founder and director the Public Policy Workshop, and University Research Professor. He previously served as a professor at Columbia University, Penn State University, Bard College and Rutgers University. He was also intermittently affiliated with numerous other universities over the years – such as Harvard Law School, M.I.T., Princeton and Stanford – through visiting professorships, fellowships, major scholarly presentations and special appointments. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. from Columbia University and his B.A. from Hamilton College.

Dr. Levin was an internationally recognized telecommunications expert and an influential voice in regulatory and antitrust matters, with particular emphasis on the political dimensions of radio and television regulations and the ramifications of communication satellites. He was Senior Research Associate at the Center for Policy Research, and often served as a consultant to governmental agencies, including the Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and the U.S. Congress. He was also a prominent member and frequent conference panelist of numerous national and international organizations in communications, economics, public policy, and global affairs. A widely published author, his work was supported by such institutions as the National Science Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation and Resources for the Future.

According to members of his field, Dr. Levin was not only ahead of his time in fervently addressing issues of the radio spectrum in its early days, but continued to penetrate its frontier after the field evolved into a highly pertinent one due, in large part, to his own contributions. Such achievements impelled Dr. Levin’s election to membership in the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C., an association of persons deemed to "have done meritorious original work in science, literature, or the arts, or… recognized as distinguished in a learned profession or in public service." They also earned him an invitation in 1986 to place his papers in the Archive of Contemporary History at University of Wyoming, devoted to "the history and development of individuals who have played a prominent role in the twentieth century’s social, political, legal and economic scene."