Bogdanos is a native New Yorker who attended Don Bosco Preparatory High School and waited tables in his family’s Greek restaurant while growing up in lower Manhattan.
In November 2005, he was awarded a National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush.
Has also received the 2004 Public Service Award from the Hellenic Lawyers of America, the 2006 Distinguished Leadership Award from the Washington DC Historical Society, and a 2007 Proclamation from the City of New York. Released back into the Marine Reserves in October 2005, he returned to the [[New York County District Attorney|District Attorney’s Office]], and continues the hunt for stolen antiquities. A former middleweight boxer with a record of 23-3, he still boxes for the New York City Police Department’s Widows and Children’s Fund.