Leonard W. Levy

Leonard W. Levy (1923-2006) was an American historian born in Toronto, Canada, who specialized in constitutional history and freedoms, authoring over 40 books including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Origins of the Fifth Amendment: The Right Against Self-Incrimination (1969), Legacy of Suppression (1960), and Emergence of a Free Press (1985), and serving as editor-in-chief of the Encyclopaedia of the American Constitution. He held prominent positions such as Andrew W. Mellon All-Claremont Professor of Humanities at Claremont Graduate School and adjunct professor at Southern Oregon University, with his scholarship frequently cited by the U.S. Supreme Court.