In Remembrance: Lawrence M. Levy ’59 Died on January 3 2025

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Lawrence Maxwell Levy, a Boston and international corporate lawyer, passed away on January 3, 2025, after a long illness. 

Larry was born in Buffalo, New York, to Mildred (Kirschenbaum) and Elmer Levy. He had a successful 40-plus-year career as a lawyer with Brown Rudnick Boston, where he was a major force in the development of the London office. 

Larry is survived by his beloved wife of almost 40 years, Peggy (Gilmore) Levy; his sister Elizabeth Levy; his children and their spouses Erica Levy-Ringel (Paul Ringel) and Dana Levy (Patrick Kirby; his four grandchildren Noah and Isabel (Kirby) and Julia and Sam (Ringel); and literally countless friends. 

Larry's impact is seen in his deep commitment to the nonprofit work of Facing History and Ourselves, where he was a board member and advised the organization for decades, helping to grow it from a small Holocaust educational program in Brookline to a global organization promoting civic learning. But his real legacy lives on through the many people who love him—showing up everywhere from the songs he sang while playing guitar, the potato salad recipe he made in bulk for his ravenous grandkids, his and Peggy's global travels that yielded friends and colleagues around the world, to his deep and abiding commitment to the rituals and traditions that kept his family gathering year after year. 

Larry attended Yale University, graduating in 1959, then Harvard Law School, class of 1962, and until his death remained close friends with several of his classmates. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to Facing History and Ourselves. And consider gathering some friends and family and sharing a wonderful meal or a great glass of wine in his memory. Larry would like that. 

—Submitted by the family.