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[[Peter A. Sturgeon]] (Nov. 22, 1916-July 22, 2005) was the older brother of noted American science fiction writer [[w:Theodore Sturgeon|Theodore Sturgeon]] and the founder of the American branch of [[w:Mensa|Mensa]]. He fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War, and later served as a paratrooper in World War II in the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, being discharged in November 1944. After the war he earned a BS degree at New York University and married his wife Ines. He worked as a medical writer in Brooklyn and founded the first American chapter of Mensa in New York in 1960. Early meetings were held at his home in Brooklyn. In 1965 he left the United States, taking a job with the World Health Organization in Switzerland. In 1968 he relocated to Vienna, Austria where he worked for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. He died in Vienna in 2005. |
{{db-bio}}[[Peter A. Sturgeon]] (Nov. 22, 1916-July 22, 2005) was the older brother of noted American science fiction writer [[w:Theodore Sturgeon|Theodore Sturgeon]] and the founder of the American branch of [[w:Mensa|Mensa]]. He fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War, and later served as a paratrooper in World War II in the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, being discharged in November 1944. After the war he earned a BS degree at New York University and married his wife Ines. He worked as a medical writer in Brooklyn and founded the first American chapter of Mensa in New York in 1960. Early meetings were held at his home in Brooklyn. In 1965 he left the United States, taking a job with the World Health Organization in Switzerland. In 1968 he relocated to Vienna, Austria where he worked for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. He died in Vienna in 2005. |
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Peter A. Sturgeon (Nov. 22, 1916-July 22, 2005) was the older brother of noted American science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon and the founder of the American branch of Mensa. He fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War, and later served as a paratrooper in World War II in the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, being discharged in November 1944. After the war he earned a BS degree at New York University and married his wife Ines. He worked as a medical writer in Brooklyn and founded the first American chapter of Mensa in New York in 1960. Early meetings were held at his home in Brooklyn. In 1965 he left the United States, taking a job with the World Health Organization in Switzerland. In 1968 he relocated to Vienna, Austria where he worked for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. He died in Vienna in 2005.