Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pashure pokupedza kudzidza paBoston Latin School muna 1937 uye paHarvard College muna 1941, Levenson akanyoresa muUnited States Navy muna 1942. Akapinda chikoro chemutauro wechiJapan uye akaona basa rokushingaira muSolomon Islands
uye mishandirapamwe yokuPhilippines. Pashure pehondo akawana MA (1947) uye PhD (1949) madhigirii paHarvard, kwaakanga ari mudzidzi waJohn K. Fairbank. Aiva nhengo yeHarvard Society of Fellows. Akadzidzisa paYunivhesiti yeCalifornia, Berkeley, kubva muna 1951 kusvikira afa. Akanyura mutsaona yokufamba nechikepe muRussian River, California, muna 1969.