Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Cohen na Brooklyn, New York, ọ bụkwa onye Juu. Nwanne ya nwoke bụ Herb Cohen gbara asọmpi na
Egwuregwu Maccabiah nke 1961 na Israel, meriri NCAA foil championship na 1961-62, meriri ọla nchara na onye foil na ọla edo na ndị otu US foil na 1963 Pan American Games, bụ onye mmeri Fencers League of America (AFLA) foil na 1964, ma gbaa onye ọ bụla na ndị otu foil maka United States na 1964 Summer Olympics.