in the United States, Venezuela, and Canada, India, Brunei, and Saudi Arabia. European governments also drew on his expertise, such as those of the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany. The United Nations and the European Economic Community were also among his clients. His consulting work involved conflict mediation, the formulation of national oil policies, or questions about the future of the international oil market. He retired in the mid-1980s. Works, media appearances and reception He published his most extensive monograph in 1982, covering oil strategies and oil policy. He also published a number of essays, notably in Foreign Affairs. He was also a guest on well-known programs and broadcasters, such as Meet the Press (1973, 1979 and 1980), This Week with David Brinkley (1982), and the BBC (1980). 1977, Time called him "an eminent international petroleum consultant". The New York Times called him the "dean of oil consultants" in 1969, and "the dean of United States oil economists" in its 1997 obituary. The Times characterized him and his company in 1967 as follows: "The consultancy, run by Levy – a man of enormous energy – from New York, is one of the leading, if not the leading, petroleum consultants in the world. Ranging over the whole world, he is said to have instant access to the presidential ears of the major companies and the highest circles in the oil governments." Honors In 1947, he was awarded the President's Certificate of Merit for his service in World War II. In 1968, he was presented with the Special Plaque from the U.S. Department of State. The Sultan of Brunei recognized Levy's service with the Dato Seri Laila Jasa in 1969. In 1969, he received the Order of the Taj of Iran. British Foreign Secretary Alec Douglas-Home awarded him the Order of St Michael and St George (C.M.G.) in 1973. In 1979, the Federal Republic of Germany honored him with the Great Cross of Merit. Archival material Legacies of Levy's consulting work are archived as the Walter J. Levy Papers, 1911–1998 in the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming. Literature Levy, Walter James. In: Werner Röder, Herbert A. Strauss, Dieter Marc Schneider, Louise Forsyth: Biographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration nach 1933–1945. Vol. 1: Politik, Wirtschaft, Öffentliches Leben. De Gruyter, Berlin 1980, p. 439, . References Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom Jewish emigrants from Nazi