Biography of walter j levy jr
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Biography of walter j levy jr
Walter J. Levy
German-American lawyer and expert on oil issues
Walter James Levy (21 March 1911, Altona – 10 December 1997 in New York City[1][2]) was a German-Americanlawyer and expert on oil issues.
He advised numerous companies and governments.
Family
Walter was the son of the Jewish couple Moses Levi and Betty Lindenberger; he had two older and one younger sister.[3] His father worked as a lawyer[4] and died in March 1938.
His sisters survived the Holocaust; his mother was deported to the Auschwitz death camp in July 1942.[3]
Walter J. Levy was married to Augusta (1918–1981), née Sondheimer, as of April 1942.[5] The couple had two children, Robert Allen and Susan Clementine.[1]
Studies
Levi studied economics and law[6] in Freiburg im Breisgau, Munich, Heidelberg (1929–1930), Berlin (1930–1931), and Kiel (1931–1932).
In Kiel he was awarded a doctorate in law in 1933.[4]