So sorry to hear about Tavy. Like him I am a 90 year old Shanghailander. My heartfelt condolences to Mary Jo.

Maja and I were traveling towards Bangkok when the news of Tavy’s passing reached us. We are still absorbing the news. The Levenspiel/Levien family has our greatest sympathy.  Be assured that Tavy’s passing is our great loss too.  Tavy was a father figure…

I’m so sorry to hear this. Tavy and Mary Jo were our extra set of grandparents on Crest Place. I will always remember the ferocity of Tavy and Ze’ev disagreements, as well as the fervor with which they attacked puzzles…

Teacher, jokester, ping pong master, magician, dog lover and birthday buddy, but most of all my Papa. We will forever love you.

I was saddened to hear the news of Tavy’s death this morning. I was lucky enough to meet him several times and loved his sense of humour. He and my late husband, Frank Fonseca, were friends from school days and…

It is with heavy hearts that we said goodbye to Papa Tavy this weekend. From growing up in Shanghai, to surviving World War 2, to marrying the wonderful Mary Jo, to lecturing across the world, to publishing textbooks that still…

Amelia and I were very sorry to learn of Tavy’s passing, and our thoughts are with you all. I was very proud of my famous chemical-engineering cousin. When we were children, my dad (Joe) always talked to us about his…

The sad news was not unexpected, and we are both glad that he died peacefully. As Rutherford Aris once said “Octave is a breath of fresh air in a dull profession”. We have many American friends, and the Levenspiels are among the…

All day today my mind has been full of wonderful Tavy memories from his stories, like when Hayley and I had our archeological dig at the edge of the woods and all the great stuff he told us about the…