"Dr. Levy, who was born in Scranton, Pa., on April 27, 1892, received a bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1914 and an M.D. from the University of Chicago four years later.
Began New York Practice in '27
He served his residency at the Chicago Psychopathic Hospital and the Cook County Hospital, then in 1923 organized and directed a mental-hygiene clinic for children at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago. In 1926, after a visit to Switzerland, he introduced the Rorschach test to Americans.
Dr. Levy came to New York as chief of staff of the New York Institute of Child Guidance in 1927 and worked there six years. In 1944 he helped establish the Columbia University Psychoanalytic Clinic for Training and Research. Later he served as an attending psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. For two years in the mid-1950's he taught clinical psychiatry at Columbia University." (from NYT March 4, 1977)
He died March 1, 1977, New York City, New York, USA