Personal Life
Siegel grew up in New York City, the son of Joseph, a commercial education teacher, and Edith, a secretary at Stuyvesant High School. His maternal grandfather claimed to descend from rabbinical scholar Mordechai Yoffe. After graduating in 1964 from Stuyvesant, Siegel studied at Columbia University, graduating in 1968. During this time he was an anchor for the reporting of the 1968 Columbia demonstrations at the college radio station, WKCR-FM.
Siegel is married to Jane Siegel, who works for the United States Department of Commerce; they are the parents of two daughters, Erica Anne Siegel and musician Leah Siegel.
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