Lawrence C. Levy
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Lawrence C. "Larry" Levy is a former journalist and the current executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University.[1]
Levy worked as a reporter, columnist and editorial writer at Newsday from 1977 to 2007. He has also served as the host of "Face-Off" on WLIW.[2]
In 1999, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing.[3] He has written guest posts for CNN[4] and the New York Times.[5] He has appeared as a guest on WCNY-FM,[6] Innovation Hub,[7] WNYC,[8] and others.
He was born in 1950 and is the son of Celia "Cyl" and Saul Levy. He is married to Freda Wagner. He has two sons, David and Sam. He has a sister who is a Realtor in Sonoma, California. He grew up in Valley Stream, NY.
He attended Boston University, where he majored in journalism. He was a starting pitcher on the baseball team.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ "NCSS Administration Staff". Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Goodbye, Larry (It's Official, UPDATED)". New York Daily News. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Finalist: Lawrence C. Levy of Newsday, Long Island, NY". Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ Levy, Lawrence. "Suburban voters make a president, and they can break him, too". CNN. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Campaign Stops". New York Times. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Capitol Pressroom". Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Levittown and the rise of the American suburb". Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "The Suburbanites Behind the Big Blue Wave". Retrieved 3 July 2018.
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