Charles Herbert Levermore

Charles Herbert Levermore (October 15, 1856 – October 20, 1927) was an American academic and peace activist. He was a founder and the first president of Adelphi University from 1896 to 1912. He won the American Peace Award in 1924. He was corresponding secretary of the World's Court League in 1919, secretary of the League of Nations Union, and secretary of the New York Peace Society. He was a founding member of the Union League in New York City. and the university's flagship global honors program also bears his name – the Levermore Global scholars Program.

In 1924, Levermore attempted to mobilize support for the League of Nations, conceived by his former classmate, President Woodrow Wilson. Levermore was awarded the American Peace Award, created the year before by Edward Bok, for "the best practicable plan by which the United States may co-operate with other nations to achieve and preserve the peace of the world." This plan would have had the United States enter the League of Nations under special status. However, ultimately, this also proved unsuccessful.

He died on October 20, 1927, in Berkeley, California.

Books Levermore, Charles H. "Henry C. Carey and his Social System," Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 4, Dec., 1890.