Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe Levenson gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Boston Latin School na 1937 na Harvard College na 1941, ọ banyere n'Òtù Ndị Agha Mmiri United States na 1942. Ọ gara Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Na-akụzi Asụsụ Japanese ma jee ozi na Japan.
Solomon Islands na Philippines mkpọsa. Mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị, ọ nwetara MA (1947) na PhD (1949) na Harvard, ebe ọ bụ nwa akwụkwọ nke John K. Fairbank. Ọ bụ onye otu Harvard Society of Fellows. Ọ kụziri na Mahadum California, Berkeley, site na 1951 ruo ọnwụ ya. Ọ nwụrụ n'ihe ọghọm ụgbọ mmiri na Russian River, California, na 1969.