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Michael Meeropol
Michael Meeropol was born Michael Rosenberg in 1943. When he was seven, his parents were arrested and charged with “stealing the secret of the atom bomb." When he was ten, they were executed.
After his parents’ execution, he and his brother, Robert, were adopted by Anne and Abel Meeropol.
He went on to graduate from Swarthmore College and Kings College, Cambridge University before completing a doctorate in economic history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He has taught economics and history and interdisciplinary studies since 1970.
He lived in relative anonymity until 1973 when he and his brother publicly claimed their Rosenberg legacy and embarked on a campaign to reopen their parents’ case.
He co-authored with his brother We Are Your Sons: The Legacy of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. He is the author of Surrender: How the Clinton Administration Completed the Reagan Revolution. He is also the editor of The Rosenberg Letters.
He joined Robert in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit to force the release of close to 300,000 pages of previously secret government documents related to his parents’ case. For the past six years he has been a monthly commentator on WAMC-FM radio in Albany, New York.
He and his wife, Ann Karus Meeropol, currently divide their time between Cape Cod and New York's Hudson Valley. They have two children, Ivy and Gregory, a son-in-law Thomas and a daughter-in-law Patrycja and two wonderful grandchildren.
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Bob Balaban
Bob Balaban recently received an Emmy nomination for directing Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons in Georgia O’Keeffe (Lifetime). He received three 2008 Emmy Award nominations, two for directing and producing the HBO film Bernard and Doris, starring Susan Sarandon and Ralph Fiennes, the third for his performance in Recount. Other directing credits include The Last Good Time (starring Armin Mueller Stahl and Maureen Stapleton) and Parents (with Randy Quaid and Sandy Dennis). He produced and co-starred in the award-winning film Gosford Park. His acting career spans nearly 100 films including Howl, Capote, A Mighty Wind, Ghost World, Best in Show, Cradle Will Rock, Waiting for Guffman, For Your Consideration, Absence of Malice, Prince of the City, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Catch-22, Midnight Cowboy, and the upcoming The Convincer, with Greg Kinnear and Alan Arkin. His theatre appearances include Plaza Suite, The Inspector General (Tony Award nomination), Speed the Plow, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Marie and Bruce, and Some Americans Abroad. He directed and produced the original hit off-Broadway production of The Exonerated (Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, New York Times #1 Play, Fringe First Award at Edinburgh Fringe Festival), as well as the television version starring Susan Sarandon and Danny Glover. His bestselling series of children’s books, McGrowl, sold over two million copies, and he is currently at work on another series of children's books for Viking.
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