Joseph Benjamin Stenbuck

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Joseph Benjamin Stenbuck
Born(1891-12-22)December 22, 1891
New York City
DiedJune 1, 1951(1951-06-01) (aged 59)
New York City
EducationMount Sinai Hospital (1921)
OccupationSurgeon
EmployerHarlem Hospital
New York City Fire Department (1939)
Spouse(s)Erna Mankiewicz (1901-1979)
RelativesJoseph L. Mankiewicz, brotherinlaw

Joseph Benjamin Stenbuck (December 22, 1891 – June 1, 1951) was a leading Manhattan surgeon at Sydenham and Harlem Hospital.[1]

Biography[]

He was born on December 22, 1891 in New York City.[2][3][4] He married Erna Mankiewicz (1901–1979), she was the sister of Joseph L. Mankiewicz[5][6] and Herman Mankiewicz.

He was accused of working for Soviet intelligence and acting as a dead drop and receiver of stolen blueprints for in 1933.[7][8] That same year he was working in Harlem Hospital. In 1934 he was president of the Mount Sinai Hospital alumni executive board.[9] In 1939 he was made a medical officer (battalion chief) earning $5,000 a year in the New York City Fire Department.[10]

He died on June 1, 1951.[1]

Publications[]

  • Stenbuck, Joseph. "Traction in a Thomas Splint" (PDF). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Stenbuck, Joseph (1933). "Plaster of Paris Buttress" (PDF). The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Dr. J. Stenbuck, 59, Leader in Surgery. Held High Posts at Sydenham and Harlem Hospitals". New York Times. June 2, 1951. Retrieved 2008-07-02. Dr. Joseph Stenbuck, consulting surgeon, died yesterday in his home, 49 East Ninety-sixth Street, at the age of 59.
  2. ^ World War I draft registration
  3. ^ World War II draft registration; Joseph Benjamin Stenbuck
  4. ^ New York City Birth Index Joseph B. Stenbuck; 22 Dec 1891; 46211
  5. ^ "Joseph Mankiewicz Weds. MGM Producer Marries Rose Stradner, Viennese Actress". New York Times. July 29, 1939. Retrieved 2008-07-02. Joseph L. Mankiewicz, motion picture executive, and Rose Stradner, ... the home of the bridegroom's sister, Mrs. Erma Stenbuck, 49 East Ninety-sixth Street. ...
  6. ^ "Erna Mankiewicz Stenbuck, 78, Retired New York Schoolteacher". New York Times. August 19, 1979. Retrieved 2008-07-02. Erna Mankiewicz Stenbuck, a retired, teacher in the New York City schools, died Aug. 1 in Villach, Austria, where she had lived for several years. She was 78 years old. ... She was married in ... to Dr. Joseph Stenbuck, a New York City surgeon who died in 1951. They had no children. She is survived by a brother, Joseph L. ...
  7. ^ Harvey Klehr and John Earl Haynes (1999). Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-07771-1. Stenbuck, Joseph: acted as a mail drop and receiver of stolen blueprints for Robert Osman in 1933.
  8. ^ "U.S. Corporal Gets Two Years as Red Spy. $10,000 Fine May Extend Term to 20 Years". New York Times. August 31, 1933. Retrieved 2008-07-02. Corporal Ralph Osman of the United States Army was found guilty today of violating the Espionage Act and sentenced to two years' hard labor and fined $10,000, which, if unpaid, amounts to an additional eighteen years' imprisonment. ... He received funds from , whose address was care of Dr. Joseph Stenbuck, 1185 Park Avenue, New York. Osman said Duryea visited him here twice, ...
  9. ^ "Past Alumni Executive Board Presidents". Mount Sinai Hospital. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
  10. ^ "Fire Department". New York Times. July 1, 1939. Retrieved 2008-07-02. Dr. Joseph B. Stenbuck is [appointed] as a medical officer (battalion chief) with compensation at the rate of $5,000 per annum,

Further reading[]

  • New York FBI report, 19 January 1945, Comintern Apparatus file, serial 3899.
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