Ernest Sachs, Jr.

Ernest Sachs, Jr.
Born	October 2, 1916 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died	December 3, 2001 Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.
Cause of death	leukemia
Education	St. Louis Country Day School
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Neurosurgeon
Spouse(s)	Jeanne O'Sullivan
Children	4 sons, 2 daughters
Parent(s)	Ernest Sachs Mary Parmly Koues
Relatives	Marcus Goldman (maternal great-grandfather) Henry Goldman (maternal great-uncle) Bernard Sachs (paternal great-uncle) Samuel Sachs (paternal great-uncle) Julius Sachs (paternal grandfather) Soma Weiss (cousin)

Ernest Sachs, Jr. (1916-2001) was an American neurosurgeon. The great-grandson of Goldman Sachs's founder, he was a neurosurgeon at Dartmouth College's Hitchcock Medical Center for 30 years. He promoted the use of the seat belt from the early 1960s onward. He researched the cause of schizophrenia as well as Ramsay Hunt syndrome, brain tumors and head injuries.

Ernest Sachs, Jr. was born on October 2, 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Ernest Sachs, was a neurosurgeon. His mother, Mary Sachs, was a playwright and poet. He had a brother, Thomas D. Sachs, who became a Professor of Physics at the University of Vermont. Sachs's great-grandfather, Marcus Goldman, was the founder of Goldman Sachs.

Sachs was educated at the St. Louis Country Day School in St. Louis. He graduated from Harvard University in 1938, and he received a medical degree from the Harvard Medical School in 1942. He was an intern under the supervisions of Drs Barney Brooks and Cobb Pilcher at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Sachs joined the United States Army by the end of World War II, landing in Normandy in June 1944. He served in the Battle of the Bulge, and he was present at the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. He was the recipient of the Bronze Star Medal for his service.

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