Joseph Benjamin Stenbuck

Joseph Benjamin Stenbuck was a leading Manhattan surgeon at Sydenham and Harlem Hospital.

Biography

He was born on December 22, 1891, in New [York City].
He married Erna Mankiewicz, she was the sister of Joseph L. Mankiewicz 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. That same year he was working in Harlem Hospital. In 1934 he was president of the Mount [Sinai Hospital, New York|Mount Sinai Hospital] alumni executive board. In 1939 he was made a medical officer earning $5,000 a year in the New [York City Fire Department].
He died on June 1, 1951.