New Yorkers are Humanitarians - With Andy Fisher

In this episode, Kelly is joined by author Andy Fisher! He is the retired founding executive director of the Lavelle Fund for the Blind. He has 35 years of experience in New York City charitable foundations, and is a winner of the Helen Keller International’s Humanitarian Award. Inspired by the humanitarian efforts of the past, he has written his first book about an unsung New Yorker: Nathan Straus.

Kelly asks Andy about his growing up, and work. Andy tells Kelly what lead him to New York and to what his passion ended up becoming. Andy talks about retirement and how he was inspired to write a book about Nathan Straus.

Andy talks about the writing process. He thanks the publishers, and the fellow scholars that helped him finish the book. He talked about how he came upon Straus, and why he thought it was important to tell his story.

Kelly asks Andy about Nathan Straus: Where he was born, what his family life was like, when he moved to New York, and how he made his fortune. Andy talks about how he immegrated from Europe in the early 1800s and what that was like. He told Kelly about how the Civil War ruined his family's buisness. He talks about how his family moved to New York and was able to secure some retail spacy in the well known Macy's!

Kelly asks Andy about his humanitarian efforts. Andy tells Kelly about how he was a champion of milk pasteurization at a time when the whole world was against it. Andy explained how Straus saved countless lives by ensuring that everyone had access to the information about pasteurization and pasteurized milk to drink.

Andy then talks about his efforts to help people abroad, and talks about his humanitarian efforts in the middle east, as well as how he helped Jewish people, as well as Palestinians.

Kelly asks Andy about Nathan's Brother and the Titanic: he tells the story of the families fatefull travel.

Finally Kelly asks Andy about how Nathan had said that he wanated to give away all of his money. Andy talks about Nathan's father's philosophy growing up and how that effected him. He talks about the different ways in which he helped the homeless, and helped the community during financial hardships and how even in his most succesfull moment in life, he was humble and knew his limits.

But above all else; Nathan Straus and Andy Fisher are New yorkers!

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Chapters

• (00:00:00) - Meet The New Yorkers
• (00:01:39) - Philanthropist Andrew Levalle
• (00:11:53) - Bookmark: The Life of Philip Strauss
• (00:14:36) - How long did it take to write the book?
• (00:17:58) - A Jewish Philanthropist: Nathan Strauss
• (00:24:25) - The Life of Philip and Isidore Macy
• (00:30:43) - Andy Strauss Once Said He Hoped to Give Away His Entire
• (00:32:46) - Nathan Strauss and the Birth of Zionism
• (00:46:11) - The story of Isidore and Ida Strauss
• (00:46:26) - Tim Ferriss on Richard Strauss
• (00:49:42) - What Moment in Richard Strauss' Life Stuck With You Most?
• (00:55:11) - Andrew Fisher on Being a New Yorker
• (00:57:03) - The New Yorkers: Farewell Train