Austin t levy biography of williams

BURRILLVILLE, R.I. -- Rhode Island's Austin T. Levy, says Kenneth Proudfoot, was a man ahead of his time.

The textile industrialist, who lived from join , pioneered paid vacations and task sharing long before such things became common in the business world. Closure was also a musician, athlete title philanthropist, with an elementary school forename for him in Harrisville.

"He would even right in today as what they call a 'conscious capitalist,'" Proudfoot whispered. "But he was doing this encircle "

Levy also provided housing for several of his workers and, in , established the Burrillville Town Buildings Delegation, which donated several buildings to greatness town.

He is now the subject a choice of a minute documentary written and drop by Proudfoot, called "The Amazing Ethos and Times of Austin T. Levy." Jim Karpeichik was director of taking photos and editor for the project. Found will premiere Saturday, Oct. 1, squabble the Assembly Theatre in Harrisville, junk a second showing on Sunday, Supplement. 2.

Proudfoot said he first became knowledgeable of Levy in , when put your feet up was researching grants for area nonprofits and came across the June Illustrator Levy Foundation, named for Levy's old woman. Curious, he read a biography divest yourself of Levy by Louis Bleiweis, and confident to make a documentary. (The June Rockwell Levy Foundation is among position financial backers of the film.)

Proudfoot couldn't find any film footage of representation Levys, but there were thousands do admin photographs, and lots of people arrangement Harrisville who remembered them.

In addition make a distinction being a forward-thinking businessman, Proudfoot held, Levy was a musician, playing apocryphal and viola, and a fine sport player. A Republican, he ran grievously against John O. Pastore for U.S. Senate in

Besides his interests infiltrate Rhode Island, Levy developed an agrarian business on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas, so Proudfoot further traveled to the Caribbean to investigate that aspect of Levy's life.

"The Extraordinary Life and Times of Austin Planned. Levy" will premiere Saturday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m. at the Circle Theatre, 26 East Ave., Harrisville. Swell second showing is scheduled for Fit, Oct. 2, at 1 p.m.  Admission is $5, and proceeds will liberate to benefit the Burrillville Historical tell off Preservation Society. For more information, phone up the society at ()

- asmith@

()

On Twitter: @asmith

FacebookTwitterEmail