Alan Levy, a native of New York, was a faculty member of the History Department at Slippery Rock University (SRU) from 1985 to 2023. In 1986, Levy took ownership of restructuring SRU’s University Honors Program. The program witnessed incredible growth under his leadership, going from only a few students to around 85 by 1989.
A celebrated researcher and author, Levy has published works such as Rube Waddell: The Zany, Brilliant Life of a Strikeout Artist, Walter Alston: The Rise of a Manager from the Minors to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Floyd Patterson: A Boxer and a Gentleman, and more.