Torgoff was born in New York City and grew up in Glen Cove , on Long Island . He is the son of Bess Kagan and Irving Torgoff , a two time All American basketball player at LIU who later became a notable player in the NBA as the first “ sixth man ” in pro basketball history when he played for Red Auerbach 's Washington Capitols . Torgoff grew up playing sports before being swept up in the turbulence of the late 1960s as a teenager , becoming one of the leaders of the student strike at his high school after the shootings at Kent State in May 1970 . He attended SUNY Cortland and the University of Neuchatel , Switzerland , receiving BAs in both History and French
shootings at Kent State
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