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260 Marshall CourtLong Branch, New JerseyTelephone: (201)-222-3532Born December 4, 1917, Brooklyn, N. Y. Bachelor of Science, 1941Married, 2 children Moscow Automobile Highway InstituteI was born December 4, 1917 in Brooklyn, N. Y. My father, Philip Anson wassuccessively a farmer, a shoemaker, a butcher and worked in a Jewish coop-erative organization. In 1931, at the age of 13, I left for Russia with myparents. My father in Russia worked as an agronomist in Biro-Bidjan,attended school in Khabarovsk. In January, 1933, our family returned to theU. S. A. due to the illness of my younger brother. In September, 1933 wereturned to Russia. My father then worked in construction as a manager, andlater worked in a store factory as a shoemaker. My mother worked as a managerin a public dining room. I graduated high school in Moscow in 1936 and wasaccepted as a student in the Moscow Automobile & Highway Institute. In 1937my parents and brother returned to the U. S. A. I remained in Moscow as Iwished to finish my courses in college. I graduated in 1941, after thebeginning of war with Germany and was sent as a superintendent to a HighwayBat. In September, 1942 I was sent to Military School in Moscow. Afterfinishing as a 2nd Lt. I was in active duty as a platoon officer. I waswounded Oct. 11, 1943. I was operated upon three times, the last time inApril, 1945. After being discharged from the Soviet Army due to combat dis-ability I got a job as a senior librarian in the Technical Library of theMoscow City Soviet. In 1949 due to the small number of publications beingreceived from abroad my position in the library was eliminated. I then gota job as a laboratory assistant in a concrete plant and after a reductionof forces I got a job as a senior engineer in the Bauman Boro Road RepairDept. At this time I was divorced and re-married. My first wife was abookkeeper. Her step father was a major in the Soviet Army. He was laterkilled in 1942, during WW II. Her maiden name, or her stepfather wasShchegolyeva. My second wife (maiden name - Volsova) was a pathologist.She hid the fact that she could not have children and we were divorced onemonth after my marriage. In 1952 I met Rose Marzina. We were officiallymarried only a few months before our son was born. The cause of this delayin our marriage was the fact that I was born in the United States. Her brotheris an aviation engineer and her brother-in-law works in the field of elec-tronics. Her sister considered that our marriage would harm my wife's re-latives. In 1955, after the birth of our son we began handing in applica-tions for an exit visa from the Soviet Government. At first we tried toget out as visitors to my parents. We received our first refusal at thetime of the Hungarian Revolt. Up till 1957, when my father came to visit uswe continued to hand in applications for an exit visa as visitors. After1957 we continued to hand in applications approximately every six monthsto leave the Soviet Union permanently. And we continued to regularly hearrefusals. I consider that the agravations connected with these refusalscontributed to the causes of my wife's death in March, 1961. And only inJuly, 1962 my son and I received exit visas. As I mentioned in Form 444 Ifilled in two different applications. The first answer to the applicationsI filled out in the U. S. Embassy in Moscow: as an immigrant and as a native-born citizen was a Hongusta immigrant visa. The Board of Appeals of theDept. of State, after my arrival, restored my native-born citizenship.In 1955, due to a reduction of forces I lost my staff job in theBauman Road Repair Dept. At this time I was working as a free-lancetranslator in the U.S.S.R. Chamber of Commerce and as a part-time trans-lator in Hydroenergoproject. Until January of 1956 I worked for theseorganizations. In 1956 I began working as the Head of the Translators Dept.of the Scientific-Research Institute of Construction and Road-BuildingMachinery. After having finished the translation of all manuals in thisfield I continued working until I left the Soviet Union as a free-lancetranslator and editor for the Chamber of Commerce, the Foreign TradePublishing House, the Foreign Languages Publishing House, Hydro energoprojectand other organizations requiring translators.After returning to the U. S. A. I got a job as a civil engineer. Atfirst I worked for Stelling, Lord-Wood and Van Suetendael from Nov., 1962to Dec., 1962 and then from January, 1963 to July, 1964 I worked forBlauvelt Engineering Co. At present I am working for Harold J. Seldin,60 Broad St., Red Bank, New Jersey. During the last several months I havebeen working on a free-lance basis with AEREACI Corporation (1634 Arch St.,Philadelphia, Pa.) as an abstractor.