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Neville Levy
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{{Infobox person
|name             = Neville Levy
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|birth_date       = 1892
|birth_place      = [[New Orleans]], USA
|death_date       = {{death date|1974|4|13}}
(contracted; show full) to [[1958]], he is Chairman of the Mississippi River Bridge Authority and organizes the construction of the [[Greater New Orleans Bridge]]. He is also on the Board of Directors of [[New Orleans Public Library]], the [[Navy League of the United States]], [[International House Hotel]], the [[Salvation Army]], the [[United States Public Health Service|U.S. Public Service Hospital]], and [[University Hospital, New Orleans|Hotel Dieu]] and as a member of the [[National Audubon Society|Audubon Park Commission]]
.<ref>http://nutrias.org/~nopl/mss/levy.htm</ref>. 

== Personnal life ==
He is the son of Emmanuel Levy, born in [[Duppigheim]], and Selma Heidenheim, in  a french [[History of Jews in Alsace|alsatian jewish]] family.<ref>http://www.fanta-levey.com/getperson.php?personID=I280&tree=tree2</ref>. He is the father of David Pokorny Levy,<ref>http://library.uno.edu/specialcollections/inventories/265.htm</ref>, who was assigned to the [[USS Miami (CL-89)]] during [[World War II]] and the grandfather of Veronica Levy Obermayer, anchor and reporter at [[KAMR-TV]], the [[NBC]] affiliate in [[Amarillo]], [[Texas]]<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/05/style/veronica-levy-obermayer-to-be-wed.html</ref> and Adele Obermayer who married the economist, [[David Malpass]].

== Awards ==
* 1957 : Times-Picayune Loving Cup

== Articles ==
* [[Life (magazine)|Life magazine]], Vol. 41, n° 3 , 16 July 1956, P. 37
(contracted; show full)* http://www.algemeiner.com/2011/03/18/lagniappe-new-orleans/#
* http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=116151493
* http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/whats-the-story-on-the-blue-flag-above-the-center-lane-of-traffic-on-the-downtown-side-of-the-crescent-city-connection/Content?oid=2506311

==References==
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Category:Tulane University alumni⏎
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Category:Tulane University alumni