Alan Donald Leve

December 1927 - July 2024 From humble beginnings in Boyle Heights to the heights of corporate success and philanthropic giving, Alan Donald Leve lived a rich and rewarding life over his 96 years.

Growing up in Boyle Heights taught Alan early lessons in working hard, family values and Jewish pride. Alan was a unique combination, a little bit Warren Buffet, a little John Wooden, a little Fred Astaire. He was from a different generation, a generation who built this country. He had tremendous integrity, unlimited drive, he was loyal, relentlessly competitive, he had an incredible mind and a dangerous 3 point shot, which he nailed well into his 80's.

In 1951 Alan started his career at a CPA firm specializing in helping under-capitalized companies become financially healthy. By 1963, he left as partner to become CFO and director of Mica, a pioneering manufacturer of laminates for the then embryonic printed circuit board industry. He became CEO in early 1982. He left in 1983 to start a new company, Ohmega Technologies that produced a unique thin film electronic resistor. Four tumultuous decades later the product was part of the microphones of many of the world's high-end cell phones, several satellite constellations, and a critical supplier to the department of defense. Ohmega was sold in 2020. The proceeds of the sale helped fund the Alan & Annette Leve Family Foundation, which supports dozens of non-profit organizations around the world.

In 2014, UCLA, his alma mater, was looking to build an endowment for its Center for Jewish studies. His generosity created the UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies. To honor his grandparents the Center developed the Schonfeld Boyle Heights Collection, archival materials and artifacts related to the history of Boyle Heights. Over the years his passion for philanthropy deepened immensely and in 2020 Alan endowed the Shalom Institute with a naming gift for the Institute's Alan D. Leve Malibu Campus.

Alan was preceded in death by his beautiful wife, Annette. Alan will be missed by his daughters Laura and Elise, his grandchildren, Rachael and Adam, along with Larry, Robert, his family, and friends.