Background
Weiss, Edward Huhner was born on March 22, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Abraham and Rose (Klapper) Weiss.
artist advertising agency executive
Weiss, Edward Huhner was born on March 22, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Abraham and Rose (Klapper) Weiss.
Bachelor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1922.
President, Edward H. Weiss Company (advertising), Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles, 1938-1962; Chairman of the Board, chief Executive officer, Edward H. Weiss Company (advertising), Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles, 1962-1967; Chairman of the Board, Edward H. Weiss Company (advertising), Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles, 1967-1981; president, Edward H. Weiss Company (advertising), Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles, from 1981. Corporation consultant on arts and non-profit organizations, from 1981. Pioneer motivation research in advertising, from 1948.
Board of directors Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, 1967-1976. Trustee Chicago Medical School, 1953-1962, governor, from 1962. Trustee Institute for Psychoanalysis, 1950-1967, Museum Contemporary Art, Chicago, from 1967.
Governor Menninger Foundation, 1950-1959. Governing member Orchestral Association, from 1965. Member Auditorium Theatre Council, from 1961.
President's committee Chicago Civic Opera, 1969. Member Chicago Council on Fine Arts. Honorary member Business Committee for Arts, New York City.
Co-chairman Chicago committee Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission, 1968. President Friends of Chicago Public Library, 1971-1974. Member Chicago clubs: Arts, Standard.
Married Ruth Wingerhoff, February 12, 1938. 1 son, James.