Howard Levene (January 17, 1914 – July 2, 2003)[1] was an American statistician and geneticist.
He remained on the faculty at Columbia, where he served as professor of mathematical statistics and genetics, until 1982.
[2][3] In statistics he is known for developing Levene's test, a modified form of the one-way analysis of variance.
[4] His main contribution to population genetics is referred to, as "Levene's model".
[5] It was the very first population genetic model, which incorporated existence of more than one ecological niche.