Roy Marcus Cohn (February 20, 1927 – August 2, 1986) was an American conservative lawyer who became famous during Senator Joseph McCarthy's investigations into Communist infiltration of U.S. government, and especially during the Army-McCarthy Hearings. He was also an important member of the prosecution team for the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Born in New York City, Cohn was the only child of Dora Marcus (1892–1967) and Albert Cohn (1885–...
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Roy Marcus Cohn (February 20, 1927 – August 2, 1986) was an American conservative lawyer who became famous during Senator Joseph McCarthy's investigations into Communist infiltration of U.S. government, and especially during the Army-McCarthy Hearings. He was also an important member of the prosecution team for the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Born in New York City, Cohn was the only child of Dora Marcus (1892–1967) and Albert Cohn (1885–1959), a New York judge who was influential in Democratic Party politics. He lived in his parents' home until the death of his mother Dora Marcus Cohn in 1967 (his father Albert Cohn died in 1959), after which he lived in New York, the District of Columbia, and Greenwich, Connecticut.
After attending Horace Mann School and the Fieldston School, and completing studies at Columbia College in 1946, Cohn graduated from Columbia Law School at the age of 20. He had to wait until his 21st birthday to be admitted to the bar, and used his family...
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