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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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|alma_mater       = [[Tulane University]]
|nationality      = American
|occupation       = [[military]] 
| known_for       = founding ''Equitable Equipment Company''
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| spouse          = Helen Adler
| children        =  David<br>Suzanne<br>Betty Nan
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'''Neville Levy''' (1892, [[New Orleans]] – April 13, 1974) was an American captain of the [[United States Navy|Navy]].

== Biography ==
Levy graduated from [[Tulane University]] in 1913 with a degree in [[mechanical engineering|mechanical]] and [[electrical engineering]], He joined the army in 1917, where he served during [[World War I]] in the [[United States Army Air Corps]] and the Navy. He attended the Naval Submarine School at [[Annapolis]] in 1918. In 1921 he founded the Equitable Equipment Company, a shipbuilding firm. He received a commission in the Naval Reserve in 1921, where he served until 1941.

(contracted; show full)[USS Miami (CL-89)]] during [[World War II]] and Betty Nan Levy who married [[Herman Obermayer]]. they had four daughters : Elizabeth, Helen, Veronica, anchor and reporter at [[KAMR-TV]] in [[Amarillo, Texas]],<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/05/style/veronica-levy-obermayer-to-be-wed.html</ref> and Adele, married to the [[President of the World Bank Group]], [[David Malpass]].

== Awards ==
* 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]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* http://www.algemeiner.com/2011/03/18/lagniappe-new-orleans/#
* https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/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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