Youth
Rudd was born in Irvington, New Jersey. He is the son of a former Army officer, Jacob S. Rudd (1909–1995), who sold real estate in Maplewood, New Jersey. Mark's mother was Bertha Bass (1912–2009), who was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the year after her parents emigrated from Lithuania. Rudd had a brother: David R. Rudd (1939–2009), who became an attorney. Mark Rudd attended Columbia High School in his hometown, and later Columbia University in New York.
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“Manhood like a lawyer with his formulas
Sesamés his youth for innocent acquittal.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
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“And life must be hastening away;
You are cheerful, and love to converse upon death:
Now tell me the reason, I pray.”
“I am cheerful, young man,” Father William replied;
“Let the cause thy attention engage;
In the days of my youth I remembered my God,
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“I loathe that I did love,
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