Harvey Weiss

Background

Weiss, Harvey was born on April 10, 1922 in New York City. Son of Louis and Bertha (Stern) Weiss.

Education

Student, New York University, 1939-1940; student, University Missouri, 1940-1941; private studies with, Jose DeCreeft, 1946-1947; private studies with, Ossipe Zadkine, Paris, 1950-1951.

Career

Owner, Weiss Associations, 1948-1949, 51, 52; owner, S.R. Leon Company, 1954-1956; freelance sculptor and writer, since 1956; associate professor, Adelphi U., since 1976; professor, Adelphi U., since 1982.

Achievements

• Harvey Weiss has been listed as a notable Artist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Army, World World War World War II. Member American Association of University Professors, Authors Guild, Sculptors Guild (personnel 1968-1970), Westport Council on the Arts, National Academy, National Sculpture Society.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, sailing.

Connections

Married Miriam Schlein, 1955 (divorced 1983). Children: Elizabeth Sarah, John Mark. Married Margaret I. McKinnickinick, 1981.

Father:

Louis Weiss

Mother:

Bertha (Stern) Weiss

Spouse:

Margaret I. McKinnickinick

Spouse:

Miriam Schlein

child:

Elizabeth Sarah Weiss

child:

John Mark Weiss