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Alger Hiss

Alger HissBorn: 11-Nov-1904
Birthplace: Baltimore, MD
Died: 15-Nov-1996
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Accused spy for the Soviet Union

Father: (d. suicide when Hiss was two)
Sister: Mary Ann (d. suicide, drinking cleanser)
Brother: Bosley (d. Bright's disease)
Wife: Priscilla Fansler Hobson (m. 1930)
Brother: Donald Hiss

    High School: Baltimore City College
    University: Johns Hopkins University (1926)
    Law School: Harvard Law School (1929)

    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace President (1946-49)
    Massachusetts Bar Association disbarred, readmitted (1975)
    New York State Bar Association
    Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity
    Phi Beta Kappa Society
    Perjury Convicted 1950, sentenced to five years prison
    Disbarred
    Inmate: Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary

Author of books:
Recollections of a Life (1988, memoir)


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