I think XmlSerializer can fit your needs in the most elegant way:

XML doc:
<Organization xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<orglevels>
       <code>2</code>
       <desc>Tampa Division</desc>
  </orglevels>
  <orglevels>
       <code>3</code>
       <desc>Software Development</desc>
  </orglevels>
</Organization>

Plumbing:

namespace Test2 {

    public class Organization {
        [XmlElement("orglevels")]
        public OrgLevel[] orglevels;
        public class OrgLevel {
            public int code;
            public string desc;
        }
    }

    public class Test {
        static void Main(string[] args) {
            XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Organization));
            //Deserialize organization description   
            Organization org = (Organization)serializer.Deserialize(new
StreamReader("org.xml"));
            foreach (Organization.OrgLevel orglevel in org.orglevels)
                Console.WriteLine("orglevel code: {0}, desc: {1}",
orglevel.code, orglevel.desc);
        }
    }
}