About Levy Library: About Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy

On November 22, 1974, Mount Sinai named its library in honor of Gustave L. Levy and Janet W. Levy.

Gustave Lehman Levy was born in New Orleans in 1910, educated at Tulane University and took his first job on Wall Street in 1928. He and Janet Wolf married in 1934.  He became a partner at Goldman, Sachs and Company in 1946. He became a trustee of The Mount Sinai Hospital in 1960. The ensuing years (1962-1976), with Levy as President and then Chairman, saw the establishment of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, the achievement of a university affiliation, the $154 million fundraising effort for the medical school building and endowment, and the planning and erection of the Annenberg Building in which the Levy Library is located, At his death on November 3, 1976, he was Chairman of the Boards of the Mount Sinai Medical Center, The Mount Sinai Hospital, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Janet Wolf Levy was born in Huntington, W.Va., grew up in Baltimore, and attended college and art school. A patron of the arts, she was the chairwoman of Creative Alternatives, a drama therapy program at the Mount Sinai Medical Center. She died in 1992 at age 82, the same year she was named by Mayor David N. Dinkins as one of several recipients of the annual Mayor's Very Special Arts Awards for promoting the arts for people with disabilities.  She was survived by their son Peter and daughter Betty Hess, and eight grandchildren. [Source: Janet Wolf Levy; Arts patron, 82: [obituary]. New York Times. May 25 1992.] 

Learn more about Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy in the Arthur H. Aufses, Jr., MD Archives.

Image: Portrait of Gustave and Janet Levy

Zwerling M. Portrait of Gustave Levy and Janet Levy. Arthur H. Aufses, Jr., MD Archives. 2023. Available from: https://archives.mssm.edu/aa151-f587-004