Early Life
Spira was born and grew up in New York City, the son of photographic pioneer Fred Spira and his wife Marilyn (née Hacker). He studied Central European History at the University of Pennsylvania where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity and the University of Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität)
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