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name = Saville Sax
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birth_date = Birth date|1924|7|26
birth_place = city-state|New York City|New York
death_date = Death date and age|1980|9|25|1911|10|20
death_place = city-state|Edwardsville|Illinois
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education =Harvard University
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children =Boria Sax
parents =Bluma (1895–1986)
Bernard Sax (1896–1936)
relatives =Anne Saville Arenberg (1925–1967), sister
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Saville Sax (July 26, 1924 – September 25, 1980) was the Harvard University roommate of Theodore Hall who recruited Hall for the Soviets and acted as a courier to move the atomic secrets from Los Alamos to the Soviets.[cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Theodore Hall, Prodigy and Atomic Spy, Dies at 74 |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9800E7DE103AF933A25752C1A96F958260 |quote=Mr. Albright and Ms. Kunstel say Mr. Hall and a former Harvard roommate, Saville Sax, approached a Soviet trade company in New York in late 1944 and began supplying critical information about the atomic project. |publisher=New York Times |date=November 10, 1999 |accessdate=2008-06-26 ] ]Biography
Saville Sax was born in New York City on 26 July, 1924 and went by the name of "Sarry Sax". He was the son of Bernard Sax (1896–1936) and Bluma Sax (1895–1986). Bluma and Bernard were both born in Russia. In 1930 they were living in Manhattan with their grandfather Jacob Sax (1874–?). [Bernard Sax (1896–1936) was born in 1896 according to the census and may have died in 1936 according to the New York City Death Index] [1930 US Census for Manhattan, New York] Saville was introduced to Soviet agents by his mother, Bluma, who worked for a Communist front organization. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Unlocking the Crypts: Most Spies Code Revealed Escaped Prosecution. |url= |quote=Saville Sax was introduced to Soviet agents by his mother, Bluma Sax, who worked for a Communist front organization. |publisher=Washington Post |date=December 25, 1996|accessdate=2008-06-26 ] Sax went by the cover name "Oldster," and periodically traveled to New Mexico to collect information from Hall. Saville had a son, Boria Sax. [cite news |first=Boria |last=Sax |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Boy Who Gave Away the Bomb |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E0D7103AF936A35753C1A961958260 |quote= |publisher=New York Times |date= |accessdate=2008-07-18 ] [cite web |url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/venona/inte_19441112.html |title=Theodore Alvin Hall and Saville Sax |accessdate=2008-06-26 |quote= |publisher=PBS |accessdate=2008-06-26 |] Saville had a sister, Anne Saville Arenberg (1925-1967). [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Deaths |url= |quote=Arenberg-Anne, beloved wife of ... devoted mother of Bernard, loving daughter of Bluma Sax, dear sister of Saville Sax. |publisher=New York Times |date=April 22, 1967 |accessdate=2008-06-26 ] After drifting from job to job, Saville ended up teaching "values clarification" in a Great Society funded education program called NEXTEP. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Traitors In Our Midst |url= |quote=After drifting from job to job, Saville Sax finally wound up teaching "values clarification" in a Great Society-funded education program called NEXTEP. |publisher=Washington Post |date=October 19, 1997 |accessdate=2008-06-26 ] He died on September 25, 1980 in Edwardsville, Illinois.
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