Benjamin Hirsch Levy was born on 24 August 1912 in Savannah, Georgia and was the son of Arthur Benjamin and Regena Waterman Levy. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1932 and later received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1935. Levy was admitted to the bar that same year and began to practice as an attorney for the Bright and Brennan law firm in Savannah. In 1940, he married Marion Cecil Abrahams of Savannah and also began active duty in the United States Air Force. He continued to serve throughout World War II and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Following the war, Levy returned to Savannah and by 1949 was a partner in the Bouhan, Williams, and Levy law firm. Besides leading a successful career as a lawyer, Levy was an active civic, business, religious, and cultural leader. Throughout his life he served as president of the Chatham County Board of Education, president of the Savannah Rotary Club, commander of the Savannah chapter of Military Order of World Wards, president of Congregation Mickve Israel, president of the Savannah chapter of the B'nai B'rith, president of the Georgia Historical Society, and was the chairman of the Georgia Seminquincentenary Commission. Levy was also a local historian interested in Georgia colonial history and was an authority on the history of Savannah's Jewish community. With the research he performed on these topics, Levy wrote articles for the Georgia Historical Quarterly and had the following books published: Savannah's Old Jewish Community Cemeteries and Mordecai Sheftall: Jewish Revolutionary Patriot. Levy died on 3 August 1988 in Savannah after suffering from a long illness.
From the description of B. H. Levy papers, 1982-1998. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 427567545
