WALTER ALLAN LEVY

1930 - 2022

LEVY WALTER ALLAN Died on April 11th, 2022. He was the loving husband of Deborah Wolff, father of Elliott (Nina Belfor), Andrew (Siobhan McEvoy), and Joseph; stepfather of Michelle Wolff and Leslie Wolff (Anthony Gore); and grandfather of Tom Levy, Cyrus Levy, Aedan Levy and Abigail Wolff Gore. Walter was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 31st, 1930. His father, Joseph Levy, was a gifted engineer who, with his brother Saul (a leading civic figure in mid-century New York), founded Century Lighting. Their firm developed and commercialized the modern spotlight, which transformed the theater and movie industries. Walter's mother, Sally, was born in Ukraine and raised in Montreal Canada before entering the United States in 1928. Walter had two sisters, Barbara Murra and Linda Chasis (Joel). Walter was trained as an electrical engineer. He was educated in Brooklyn at the Open Air School from kindergarten through 4th grade, The Community School from 4th through 8th grade, and Brooklyn Tech for high school. He then attended Union College and graduated from New York University with Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a Master's Degree in Operations Research. He was a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Eta Kappa Nu Engineering Honor Society, and the Kappa Nu fraternity. After serving in the US Army Signal Corps, Walter began his career at Century Lighting. He moved to RCA at the beginning of the computer era, and continued his career at Pennsylvania Research Associates, Informatics Inc., and Coopers and Lybrand. He then worked as a consultant in telecommunications with his own firm, Edgewood Computer Associates (later Edgewood Teleservices), until his retirement in 2000. He was responsible for a dozen large data systems implementations, and published articles, reports, and a book in his field. He was highly respected professionally for his fierce intelligence, independence, honesty, and integrity. Walter was an enthusiastic amateur musician with an encyclopedic knowledge of the modern American Songbook. He loved to play the piano and performed frequently with Debby and his band at senior citizen residences. Walter also loved playing bridge and was the secretary of the Hamilton Bridge Club (the oldest continuously operating bridge club in the United States). He was a voracious reader of history with a keen interest in politics. He also played golf and tennis and was a life-long baseball fan, starting as a child watching the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, and finishing as a Phillie fanatic. A Memorial Service will be held at Har Zion Temple, 1500 Hagys Ford Road, Penn Valley, PA, at 1 P.M. on May 31st. The Funeral and Shiva were private. Contributions in his honor may be made to Har Zion Temple.