Banker, Philanthropist. Served as president of the National Bank of Commerce for 43 years.

Eugene Levering and his twin brother Joshua were sons of Eugene and Ann S. Levering. The were descendants of Wiegard Levering who came to America from Germany in 1685 and settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania. The elder Eugene, along with his brother Frederick started a grocery business in 1842.

The younger Eugene attended private schools in Baltimore until 1866 when he and two of his brothers joined in the family business. In 1870, the elder Eugene died. Despite their youth, the three brothers successfully maintained the business.

In 1890, Eugene Levering formed the Baltimore Trust Company and in 1896 he helped form the United States Fidelilty and Guaranty Company (USF&G). From 1894 to 1900 he served as president of the Baltimore Board of Trade and was also an organizer of the Mechants and Manufacturers Association.

Meanwhile, Levering's original company had become the National Bank of Commerce. In 1921, it merged with Merchants' National Bank, with Levering as chariman of the board. In 1928, Merchants National Bank merged with Citizens National Bank. (In 2006 Citizens was purchased by PNC.)

Levering was one of the founders of the American Red Cross and supported a number of other charities. He was active in the Baptist Church and supported Baptist foreign missions. In 1873 became a trustee of the Columbian Unversity of Washington (now George Washington University) and in 1899 he became a trustee of Johns Hopkins University.

Levering Hall, on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus, was built in 1928-1929 and named in honor of Eugene Levering. He was also a leader in the temperance movement, becoming the Prohibition Party's first candidate for Congress from Maryland, in 1886. Levering had provided $20,000 for a YMCA and student activities building at the University's old downtown campus. After the University moved to the Homewood Campus, the insurance money from the old Levering Hall, which had burned, was supplemented by another donation from Levering and by funds raised by students and alumni to build a new YMCA building on land provided by the University. In 1946 a one-story addition was made to the building to enlarge the cafeteria facilities. A second story was added to this in 1963, to provide space for student groups.

In 1868 Levering married Mary E. Armstrong. They had three children: Eugene Levering, Jr., Mrs. Joseph Haswell Robinson, and Mrs. James M. Motley. Mary Levering passed away around 1915 and in 1918, Eugene re-married to Harriet S. Ellis.

Eugene Levering died following an operation. His funeral was held at Eutaw Place Baptist Church. He is buried in Greenmount Cemetery.