Herman Weiss

Background

Weiss, Herman was born on June 4, 1921 in Crystal, North Dakota, United States. Son of Herman Otto and Anna Carolyn (Schulz) Weiss.

Education

Saint Olaf College; University of North Dakota (Juris Doctor, 1949). Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif. City Attorney, Jamestown, North Dakota, 1959-1974.

Director and President, The Anne Carlsen School of Jamestown, North Dakota, 1959-1986.

Director, since 1963, Chairman of Board, 1984-1986 of Lutheran Health Systems, Fargo North Dakota. Delegate-at-Large from the State of North Dakota to the White House Conference on Aging, 1971.

Career

Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve, active duty, 1942-1945. Working as a partner of WEISS, WRIGHT & PAULSON. Admitted to the bar, 1949, North Dakota. 1958, United States. District Court, District of North Dakota and United States.

Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

1969, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Achievements

• Herman Weiss has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

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.

Connections

Married Donna Marie Ovind, September 4, 1943. Children: Donald A., Robert M., Elizabeth Gunderson, Jean M. Melton.

Father:

Herman Otto Weiss

Mother:

Anna Carolyn (Schulz) Weiss

Spouse:

Donna Marie Ovind

child:

Robert M. Weiss

child:

Jean M. Melton Weiss

child:

Donald A. Weiss

child:

Elizabeth Gunderson Weiss