Join us online for a conversation with Dr. Sanford D. Greenberg, author of Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: How Daring Dreams and Unyielding Friendship Turned One Man's Blindness into an Extraordinary Vision for Life. This is the remarkable and inspiring story of a Columbia University undergraduate from a poor Jewish family who, after losing his eyesight to disease during his junior year, finds the power to break through the darkness and fulfill his vision for a life of great professional success and distinguished public service. With the loving devotion of his girlfriend (and now wife) Sue and the selflessness of best friends Art Garfunkel and Jerry Speyer, Greenberg endures unimaginable adversity while forging a life of exceptional achievement.

Sanford D. Greenberg is Chairman of the Board of Governors of Johns Hopkins University’s Wilmer Eye Institute, the largest clinical and research enterprise in ophthalmology in the United States. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a Trustee Emeritus of Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine, which incorporates the School of Medicine and the Hospital. Dr. Greenberg has been an advisor to US Presidents and in 2012, launched End Blindness—a campaign and prize of $3 million to be granted to the person or group who makes the greatest stride in ending the scourge of blindness. Dr. Greenberg lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Sue; they have three children and four grandchildren.

This program is co-sponsored by Seaside Jewish Community.

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