Marilyn Lavi (born 1942 in Lima, Ohio, died 2025 in Aurora, Ohio) was a Librarian, Children’s Literature Adjunct Professor, and Dance Instructor who powered: a higher education union, multicultural grant programs and a gallery for Cold Spring Harbor High School, a professional dance troop, an art gallery collective, a local voting official, and our family household. She was a fiercely independent woman and an educational and multi-cultural advocate!

Mansour Lavi (born 1939 in Hamadan, Iran, died 2025 in New York City, USA) was an engineer and entrepreneur who powered a family business that provided after market turbine parts and repair to the aviation and power industry. The family manufacturing business was based in New York and peaked around 50 employees, serving domestic and international customers in the military, government, and private markets. It competed with global industrial Original Equipment Manufacturing giants: Westinghouse, General Electric, Mitsubishi, Rolls Royce, and more.