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Mrs. Walter Sachs (1928-2004)

Walter Edward Sachs (1884-1980) was an investment banker and
financier, who was the third son of Samuel Sachs (1851-1935) and
a grandson of Marcus Goldman (1921-1904), who co-founded the
bank Goldman Sachs in 1969. Walter did his undergraduate degree
at Harvard College (class of 1904), where he was editor of The
Crimson. His classmate, Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), was on
the staff of The Crimson at the same time and went on to become
the 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945). Sachs joined
the family firm in 1908, became a Partner in 1910, and a Limited
Partner in 1959. Over the course of his career he served on over
twenty corporate boards, and engaged in philanthropy. Among his
early civic accomplishments was his participation as one of the five
incorporators of the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP) in 1911. Mr. Sachs married three times:
first, to the author Emanie Louise Nahm (1893-1981) (m. 1918-1938);
then to the actress Mary Katherine Williamson (1911-1989) (m.
1939-1960); and finally to Virginia Maitland Thompson (1928- 2004)
married 1961-1980. Sachs and his second wife made numerous
donations to The Metropolitan Museum of Art during their marriage.
In 1964, seven Chinese porcelains and a painting by Paul Signac
(1863–1935) (acc. no. 64.124) were donated by Mrs. Walter E. Sachs
in 1964.

Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/realestate/a-stately-summer-
retreat-in-darien-goes-on-themarket.html
https://nyti.ms/44HuN9

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