Background
Weiss, Herman was born on June 4, 1921 in Crystal, North Dakota, United States. Son of Herman Otto and Anna Carolyn (Schulz) Weiss.
Weiss, Herman was born on June 4, 1921 in Crystal, North Dakota, United States. Son of Herman Otto and Anna Carolyn (Schulz) Weiss.
Student, St. Olaf College, 1943. Juris Doctor, University North Dakota, 1949.
Senior partner Hjellum, Weiss, Nerison, Jukkala, Wright & Paulson, Jamestown, North Dakota, from 1949. Assistant state's attorney, 1949—1950. City attorney, Jamestown, 1959—1974.
Served to lieutenant Air Corps United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945.
Board directors Anne Carlsen School, Jamestown, 1959—1986, president, 1973—1986. Board directors Lutheran Hospitals and Homes Society, Fargo, from 1963, 2d vice chairman, 1975—1984, chairman board, 1984—1986. Fellow: American Bar Foundation, American College Probate Counsel.
Member: Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Bar Association, Phi Alpha Delta, American Legion (post Commander 1952-1953, district deputy 1953-1954), Jamestown Chamber of Commerce (president 1965-1966), 4th Judicial District Bar Association 1961-1963, Stutsman County Bar Association 1953-1954, State Bar Association North Dakota 1969-1970, Jamestown Country Club, Lions Club, Jamestown Lions Club 1960-1961, Masons Club, Order Coif.
Married Donna Marie Ovind, September 4, 1943. Children: Donald A., Robert M., Elizabeth Gunderson, Jean M. Melton.