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About Michael R. Levy
- Michael R.
- "Mike" Levy (born May 17, 1946) is the founder of Texas Monthly magazine, and was publisher until retirement in August 2008. A native of Dallas, Levy's father was a plumber.
- Levy once drove a taxi, and also worked as a jailer at the Dallas County Jail.
- He is a graduate of St.
- Mark's School of Texas, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Texas School of Law.
- Levy founded Texas Monthly in 1973, when he was 27 years old.
- Currently read by over two million people each month, the magazine provides commentary on all things Texan. Levy has served on multiple boards, including the University of Texas M.
- D.
- Anderson Cancer Center, Children's Defense Fund of Texas, St.
- Mark's School of Texas, and St.
- Stephen's Episcopal School, Austin, Texas.
- He has won awards from such institutions as the Susan G.
- Komen for the Cure, Esquire Magazine, Planned Parenthood, and St.
- Mark's.
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