| Levy, Leon | |||||||
| type | Collector | ||||||
| dates | 1926-2003 | ||||||
| city | New York City | ||||||
| state | NY | ||||||
| sex | M | ||||||
| history |
Art collector and financier. He and his wife, Shelby White, collected Roman and Greek antiquities. Levy gave $20 million to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a new Roman wing, $6 million to Rockefeller University to fund a brain research center, $5 million for a new visitors' center at the New York Botanical Garden and $1 million to the American Civil Liberties Union to fund civil liberties in a period of increased government surveillance. For 17 years, until the terror bombings in Israel curtailed the activity, Levy funded an archeological excavation at the ancient port of Ashkelon in that country, which was administered by Harvard University. |
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| decades | 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 2000-2010 |
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| website | http://www.leonlevyfoundation.org | ||||||
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:12:23 | ||||||
| research links |
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