was organized by Levy in 2015 on the topic "Closing the Excellence Gap: Nurturing Talent of High-Achieving, Low-Income High School Students." The conference led to the creation of the Coalition of Leaders for Advanced Student Success (CLASS), which works to ensure that the nation's brightest students, regardless of income, have the skills and knowledge to succeed in school and the workforce. A second conference was held in February 2016. The Cooke Foundation now awards an annual $1 million Cooke Prize for Equity in Educational Excellence, recognizing a college that has made strides in enrolling low-income students and supporting them to successful graduation. Personal life In 1986, Levy married Patricia Sapinsley, an architect who now works in the Urban Future Lab at New York University. They have two children, Hannah and Noah. Hannah is a sculptor in New York City who graduated from Cornell and the Staedelschule fine arts academy, having held a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) fellowship, in Frankfurt, Germany. In April 2018, Levy announced that he had Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in an Op-Ed arguing for educational reforms for college admissions, including the ending of legacy admissions and increased financial aid. He died at his Manhattan home on November 27, 2018. Bibliography Harold O. Levy. "We need poverty-based affirmative action at America's colleges," The Washington Post. Harold O. Levy. "Talented Low-Income Students Belong at Top Colleges. Why Aren't We Helping Them Get there?" Fox News Channel Harold O. Levy. "Education Officials Flunk Statistics 101," The Wall Street Journal. Harold O. Levy. "Why China and India Love U.S. Universities," Scientific American. Harold O. Levy. "Why Schools Make Bad Buying Decisions," Edsurge. Harold O. Levy. "Educated nation?," The Hechinger Report. Harold O. Levy. "Mayoral Control: No Going Back," New York Post. Harold O. Levy. "Five Ways to Fix America's Schools," The New York Times. Harold O. Levy. "The Great Truancy Cover-Up," The Yale Review. Harold O. Levy. "Charters & Accountability," New York Post. Harold O. Levy. "Mistaking Attendance," The New York Times. Harold O. Levy. "How Do You Spend $1.93 Billion," The New York Times. Harold O. Levy. "How to Fix Albany: An Independent Budget Office," The New York Times. Harold O. Levy. "What a Chancellor Needs Most," The New York Times. Harold O. Levy. "The Schools Need $7 Billion," The New York Times. Harold O. Levy. "Science Teaching vs. Aircraft Carriers," The Daily Beast. Harold O. Levy. "Report of the