He grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn where his mother, Bessie Cohen Zemansky (1868-1946),[REF] helped to found a Reform temple, and his father, Dr. Abraham Philip Zemansky (d.
His twin brother, Abraham Philip Zemansky Jr. (Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons '23), died in 1928 at age 28 of septicemia after a mastoid operation [REF].