 A. Oppenheim, Theodore Oppenheim (responsible for the development of the two-row corn picker today on display in the Henry Ford Museum), Justin Oppenheim, Wilhelmina Synck (Henry's wife), and Cecilia Selhorst.Following BC Oppenheim's death, Henry Synck served as President of New Idea.In 1945 the family sold New Idea to Avco, a conglomerate that was subsequently acquired by Textron.