Daniel Levin
The founder and chairman of the Habitat Company, Daniel Levin has been a real estate developer in Chicago and other areas of the country since 1957. He has been active in development and management activities involving over 25,000 residential units and has been principally responsible for the financing, structuring, and equity syndication of Habitat's programs.
In 1987, Mr. Levin and the Habitat Company were appointed receiver of the Chicago Housing Authority Scattered Site housing development program by the U.S. District Court in Chicago. In that capacity, Habitat oversees the citywide public housing revitalization program.
In 1980, Mr. Levin opened the East Bank Club in Chicago, which he conceived and developed. Currently he is the managing general partner of the Club, which is considered the finest physical fitness and social facility of its kind in the country.
Mr. Levin is a graduate of the University of Chicago (BA, 1950; JD, 1953).
* Member, Visiting Committee, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
* Member, Dean's International Council, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
* Trustee, WWCI (WTTW-WFMT, Chicago's public television and classic music stations); Chair, WFMT Radio Committee
* Trustee, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (Wyncote, PA)
* Vice Chair, Board, Environmental Law and Policy Center
Mr. Levin and his wife live in Winnetka. His wife, Fay Hartog-Levin, is currently serving as Ambassador to the Netherlands. His son is a lawyer with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. His two daughters both married French citizens, one settling in Paris; the other in Winnetka. He has 11 grandchildren.
