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Beginning in 1953, Levy worked as a chemist at Fort
Monmouth, where she "received international acclaim as a pioneer and as an expert in photographic research". She held more than twenty patents on film developing processes. She was head of the Photo Optics Technical Area (POTA), Combat Surveillance
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In 1971, Levy received the Army's
Meritorious Civilian Service Award. In 1973, she received the Army Research and Development Achievement Award. She was nominated twice for the
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Marilyn Levy was born in New York City, the daughter of Moses (Morris) Levy and Rachel (Rae) Levy. Both of her parents were Jewish and also born in New York. She attended
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Acquisition Laboratory, and the first woman in the United States Army Electronics Command (ECOM) to reach grade GS-15. She retired in 1979.
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Marilyn Levy patented several photographic processes, methods, and materials during her work for the
American military, including:
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96:(April 3, 1922 – June 19, 2014) was an American chemist and inventor based at
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Reconnaissance/surveillance system utilizing color signature of target
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Monobaths containing sodium polyacrylate and polyvinyl-pyrrolidone
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New Jersey in Focus: Inventors and
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Image forming material and method of forming an image therefrom
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