Joseph Benjamin Stenbuck (December 22, 1891 – June 1, 1951) was a leading Manhattan surgeon at

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and

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He was born on December 22, 1891 in

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. He married Erna Mankiewicz (1901–1979), she was the sister of Joseph L. Mankiewicz and

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. He was accused of working for

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and acting as a dead drop and receiver of stolen blueprints for Robert Osman in 1933. That same year he was working in

. In 1934 he was president of the Mount Sinai Hospital alumni executive board. In 1939 he was made a medical officer (battalion chief) earning $5,000 a year in the

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. He died on June 1, 1951.

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