Harold O. Levy

Harold O. Levy (December 14, 1952 – November 27, 2018) was an American lawyer and philanthropist. He was the executive director of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, the largest scholarship foundation in the United States. Levy was best known as Chancellor of the New York City public schools from 2000 to 2002.
Levy was born in New York City. He studied at Cornell University and at Oxford University. Levy died from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in New York City on November 27, 2018 at the age of 65.