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Neville Levy
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|name             = Neville Levy
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|birth_date       = 1892
|birth_place      = [[New Orleans]], USA
|death_date       = {{death date|1974|4|13}}
|death_place      = [[New Orleans]]
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|education        = 
|alma_mater       = [[Tulane University]]
|nationality      = [[USA|American]]
|occupation       = [[military]] 
| known_for       = founding ''Equitable Equipment Company''
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| ethnicity       = Caucasian
| religion        = [[Jewish]]
| spouse          = Helen Adler
| children        =  David<br>Suzanne<br>Betty Nan
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'''Neville Levy''' (1892, [[New Orleans]] -– April 13, 1974) was a American captain of the [[Navy]].

== Biography ==
After graduating from [[Tulane University]] in [[1913]] with a degree in [[mechanical]] and [[electrical engineering]], he joins the [[army]] in [[1917]], first in the Military Aeronautics Service Division and then the Navy as a commissioned Ensign before joining [[Annapolis]] Submarine School, in [[1918]] and in [[1921]], a commission in the Naval Reserve, until [[1941]]. During [[World War I]], he served in the [[United States Army Air Corps]]. He founded, in 1921, the ''Equitable Equipment Company''. From [[1941]] to [[1946]], he serves as Assistant District Personnel Officer for the [[United States naval districts|Eighth Naval District]]. From [[1950]] 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>h(contracted; show full)* 1957 : Times-Picayune Loving Cup

== Articles ==
* [[Life (magazine)|Life magazine]], Vol. 41, n° 3 , 16 July 1956, P. 37
* ''The Second Battle of New Orleans: A History of the Vieux Carré Riverfront Expressway Controversy'', by Richard O. Baumbach, Jr., William E. Borah

== Bibliography ==
* ''Address made by Captain Neville Levy to the ladies of Le Petit Salon'', by Neville Levy, 
[[1953]]
* ''Transactions - The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers'', Volume 82, [[1975]]
* ''History of the Southern Yacht Club'', by Scheib, Flora K., [[1986]]
* ''The Jewish Traveler: Hadassah Magazine's Guide to the World's Jewish Communities and Sights'', by Alan M. Tigay, [[1994]]
* ''Frenchmen Desire Good Children And Other Streets Of New Orleans'', by John Churchill Chase, [[1997]]
* ''The Jewish Community of New Orleans'', by Irwin Lachoff, [[2005]]
* ''Mayor [[Victor H. Schiro]]: New Orleans in Transition, 1961–1970'', by Edward F. Haas, [[2014]]

== See also ==
* [[Captain (United States O-6)]]
* [[United States Navy]]

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== External links ==
* 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

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