Joseph Benjamin Stenbuck Explained

Joseph Benjamin Stenbuck
Birth Date:22 December 1891
Education:Mount Sinai Hospital (1921)
Employer:Harlem Hospital
New York City Fire Department (1939)
Spouse:Erna Mankiewicz (1901-1979)
Relatives:Joseph 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 Robert Osman 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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Dr. J. Stenbuck, 59, Leader in Surgery. Held High Posts at Sydenham and Harlem Hospitals. . Dr. Joseph Stenbuck, consulting surgeon, died yesterday in his home, 49 East Ninety-sixth Street, at the age of 59. . . June 2, 1951. 2008-07-02 .
  2. [World War I]
  3. [World War II]
  4. [New York City Birth Index]
  5. News: Joseph Mankiewicz Weds. MGM Producer Marries Rose Stradner, Viennese Actress. . Joseph L. Mankiewicz, motion picture executive, and Rose Stradner, ... the home of the bridegroom's sister, Mrs. Erma Stenbuck, 49 East Ninety-sixth Street. ... . . July 29, 1939 . 2008-07-02 .
  6. News: Erna Mankiewicz Stenbuck, 78, Retired New York Schoolteacher . 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. ... . . August 19, 1979 . 7 July 2024 .
  7. Book: Harvey Klehr and John Earl Haynes. Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America . 1999 . . Stenbuck, Joseph: acted as a mail drop and receiver of stolen blueprints for Robert Osman in 1933. . 978-0-300-07771-1 .
  8. News: U.S. Corporal Gets Two Years as Red Spy. $10,000 Fine May Extend Term to 20 Years. . 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 Harry Duryea, whose address was care of Dr. Joseph Stenbuck, 1185 Park Avenue, New York. Osman said Duryea visited him here twice, .... . August 31, 1933 . 2008-07-02 .
  9. Web site: Past Alumni Executive Board Presidents . . 2008-07-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071214163152/http://www.mssm.edu/alumni/about/past_presidents.shtml . December 14, 2007 .
  10. News: Fire Department . Dr. Joseph B. Stenbuck is [appointed] as a medical officer (battalion chief) with compensation at the rate of $5,000 per annum, . . July 1, 1939 . 2008-07-02 .

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