Dorothy Leavey

Dorothy Leavey
Born	Dorothy E. Risley 1897 Omaha, Nebraska
Died	January 7, 1998 Beverly Hills, California
Resting place	Holy Cross Cemetery
Education	University of Montana
Occupation	Philanthropist
Spouse(s)	Thomas E. Leavey
Children	Dorothy Therese Leavey Kathleen McCarthy Kostlan

Dorothy E. Risley Leavey (1897–1998) was an American philanthropist from Beverly Hills, California.

Dorothy E. Risley was born in 1897 in Omaha, Nebraska. She grew up in Cleveland, Chicago and Butte, Montana. She was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest, Illinois. She then attended the University of Montana. She briefly worked as a legal secretary.

Shortly after getting married in 1930, she volunteered for the Assistance League, the Ladies of Charity, the Salesian Boys Camp in Oceanside and the Social Service Auxiliary. She also established the Teresita Pines Camp for Girls.

In 1952, she co-founded the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation with her husband. In 1994, they made two major donations for the establishment of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Library on the campus of the University of Southern California and the Dorothy E. Leavey Family Resource Center at the Assistance League in Hollywood. She later donated to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), a non-profit organization founded by Candy Lightner.

A devout Roman Catholic, she became a Dame of the Order of St. Gregory and a Dame of Magistral Grace of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Moreover, she received four honorary degrees—from the University of Southern California, Santa Clara University, Georgetown University and Loyola Marymount University.

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