SERIES VIII
1.25′ (2.5 Boxes)
DATES
1962-1966

Arthur David Levin worked for Governor Chafee as Executive Assistant to the Governor from April 1966 to [ca. December 1968]. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954 and Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1960. His duties included arranging the governor’s schedule and various conferences, such as the Compact for Education held in Newport, Rhode Island, September 12-13, 1966, and the Japanese Governors’ Conference held in Rhode Island from May 24-25, 1967. He also oversaw the governor’s participation in the Republican Governors’ Association, National Governors’ Conference, New England Governors’ Conference, and worked on foreign and domestic issues for the Governor’s Office. In June 1967, he became chairman of the Romney for President Committee of Rhode Island.

During the year 1963 he had served as Chief Clerk to Governor Chafee, writing speeches, answering correspondence, and assisting in establishing a filing system for the Governor’s Office. From 1963 until 1966, he had served as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, Vice-Consul to the American Consul in Guinea, West Africa, until he resigned to return to work for Governor Chafee in 1966.

His files contain news releases for 1962, schedules for 1963-64, material on conferences he organized and on the Romney for President campaign from 1966-68. They also contain his resume and various assorted papers which may have been in the wooden letter box also  included in these files.