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Dr. Morton Levitt, M.D., (seated, center right) chair of the integrated medical science department and his wife Cynthia (seated, center left) are pictured with first and second year medical students in Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine during the inaugural “Your Medical School” Celebration. |
Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine has announced a $3 million gift to endow medical student scholarships. The endowment will be named the “Dr. Morton and Cynthia Levitt Endowed Scholarship for Medical Education,” and the announcement was made during the Schmidt College of Medicine’s inaugural “Your Medical School” celebration honoring Dick and Barbara Schmidt.
Morton Levitt, M.D., chair of FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine’s Integrated Medical Science Department and professor of Clinical Biomedical Science is a board-certified pathologist whose impressive background includes serving in the National Cancer Institute’s Carcinogenesis Bioassay Testing Program, serving as a hospital executive and chief medical officer as well as spending more than 20 years in the United States Air Force. He is recognized nationally for his expertise in medical and pathology education, advocacy, and medical policy and governance.
“I am both humbled and blessed to stand before you this evening and bring to fruition what has been a lifelong dream to me,” said Levitt. “I am very proud to be a member of the Levitt Family — a family that taught me from an early age that charity, philanthropy, and service were the true measure of a person’s success. This gift was made possible because of the philanthropic and charitable vision of my father and mother and their families before them.”
