The HistoryMakers video oral history with Ernest Levert.

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Imprint:Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 21 min., 51 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11318485
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Varying Form of Title:History Makers video oral history with Ernest Levert
Ernest Levert
Other authors / contributors:Levert, Ernest, 1954- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Sound characteristics:digital
Digital file characteristics:video file
Notes:Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Dallas, Texas 2013 January 29.
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Summary:Material science and welding engineer Ernest D. Levert was born on March 15, 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio. Levert graduated from Max S. Hayes High School in 1972. As a sophomore, he interned with NASA at the John H. Glenn Research Center. In 1982, Levert graduated from Ohio State University with his B.S. degree in welding engineering. He joined Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Division in 1986 where he worked on projects for NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense including the International Space Station and the Army Tactical Missile System. Levert developed processes to ensure essential structural integrity for many Lockheed Martin products. In 2002, Levert became the first African American to become president of the American Welding Society. He was honored with the Outstanding Alumni Award from Ohio State University's School of Engineering in 2004 and with the NOVA Award for Outstanding leadership from Lockheed Martin in 2006.