Scholarship
The Marion J. Levy Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Marion J. Levy Jr., was a Professor of Sociology at Princeton University. He was well known and respected for his contributions to the development of Modernization Theory.
From his obituary:
Levy was a U.S. Navy officer during World War II, reaching the rank of lieutenant, senior grade, and serving as Japanese language officer. While serving in China, he did field work on the Chinese family, which informed his work as a comparative sociologist throughout his career. In his doctoral dissertation on the Chinese family and in later writings on China and Japan, Levy was fascinated with how historic patterns change. He produced a far-reaching analysis of China's traditional family structure and pioneering investigations of why Japan, instead of China, led the way to modernization in Asia.
Levy was a major contributor to the field of China Studies. He loved Chinese people and showed great concern about China's modernization. Levy donated many books to the people of Jishou. A Levy English library was set up in his name and a scholarship fund was set up in honor of him.
