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Morton Sobell

Born: 11-Apr-1917
Birthplace: New York City

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Spy

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Rosenbergs' co-conspirator

Discovered the body of the Birdman of Alcatraz.

Father: Louis Sobell (pharmacist)
Mother: Rose
Sister: Beverly (b. 7-May-1924)
Wife: Helen Levitov Sobell (b. 13-Mar-1918, m. 10-Mar-1945, div. 1981, d. 15-Apr-2002 Alzheimer's)
Daughter: Sydney Gurewitz Clemens (stepdaughter, b. 1939)
Son: Mark Sobell (b. 1949)

    High School: Stuyvesant High School, New York City, NY (1934)
    University: BS Electrical Engineering, City College of New York (1938)
    University: MS Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan (1942)

    General Electric Schenectady, NY (Jun-1942 to Jun-1947)
    US Navy Bureau of Ordnance Washington, DC (Jan-1939 to 1-Oct-1941)
    Communist Party USA Young Communist League
    Deported from Mexico to Laredo, TX (16-Aug-1950)
    Conspiracy to commit treason
    Took the Fifth
    Inmate: Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary Prisoner AZ996 (1951-56)
    Inmate: Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary Jan-1965 to 1969
    Cholecystectomy 1961
    Ukrainian Ancestry
    Jewish Ancestry


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