a sponsor and friend of ground breaking physicists, among them albert einstein, otto stern and max bourne, and can adviser to the banking world in both the u.s. and germany before and after world world war i. and a philanthropist who rescued many jews and intellectuals from nazi germany in the 1930s. remarkably, many of the achievements occurred while he was losing his sight. henry was 28 when he was invited to join goldman sack. -- goldman sachs. ten years had passed since his father, marcus, had shunted him aside after he dropped out of harvard due to failing eyesight and hired his sister's husband as his father. marcus' father was the second marriage which had taken place between sons and daughters of the two families. henry had undoubtedly anticipated that if anyone were to be offered the job, it would be he. hurt and disappointed, he decided to accept an offer to join a soft good firm as a salesman. as it turned out, the experience provided him with an education far beyond what he might have attained at harvard. for the first time, since he was a traveling salesman, he was able to se