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Harry Levins

Inducted 2022

Harry’s career at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch began in 1969 as a copy editor. He held other positions including city editor and night wire editor before becoming the paper’s writing coach and chief copy editor in early 1980s. His snappy, monthly “Write and Wrong” pamphlets became the “Elements of Levins’ Style” guide for the staff. He retired in 2005, but he he didn’t stop working, writing more than 2000 book reviews for the newspaper.

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