Sanford Greenberg's father Albert was a tailor who died of a heart attack in 1946.
17 Facts About Sanford Greenberg
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Sanford Greenberg attended Bennett High School, then entered Columbia University in 1958 on a full scholarship where he roomed with Art Garfunkel and Jerry Speyer, and was a friend of Michael Mukasey.
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The next month, a surgeon blinded Sanford Greenberg to save his eyes.
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In 1965, Sanford Greenberg received a master's degree and a PhD in government from Harvard University, where he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, and attended Harvard Law School.
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Sanford Greenberg launched his first company, International Communications Associates, in the field of the technology of information processing.
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In 1966, Sanford Greenberg developed and got patents on an electronic device for compressed speech, which speeds up the reproduction of words from recordings without distorting any sound.
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In 1966 Sanford Greenberg was named one of the ten "Outstanding Young Men" of America by the United States Junior Chamber.
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That spring, Sanford Greenberg was one of seventeen young Americans selected to be White House Fellows in the Lyndon Johnson administration.
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In 1968, with $2 million raised from Wall Street financial institutions, Sanford Greenberg launched EDP, a systems-analysis company headquartered in Washington, DC.
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Sanford Greenberg licensed the device to Sony, General Electric, Matsushita, and other manufacturers of audio equipment.
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Sanford Greenberg added a second sports venue to his real-estate interests in 1976 when he purchased the Richfield Coliseum, home of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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In 2020, the Sanford Greenberg Prize was awarded to 13 scientists and researchers.
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In 2016, Sanford Greenberg was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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In 2023, Sanford Greenberg was awarded the 2023 Harvard Centennial Medal of the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
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Sanford Greenberg has been notable for his refusal to avail himself of the most common aids for the blind such as a companion dog, a cane, or the use of Braille.
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Sanford Greenberg has written that although he cannot see, he can feel people moving in waves around him and orient himself toward the basket.
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For more than 50 years, Sanford Greenberg has been collecting art that he cannot see, including pieces by Frank Stella, Picasso, and Rembrandt.