Background
Weiss, Louis Stix was born on February 7, 1894 in New York City. Son of Samuel William and Carrier (Stix) Weiss.
Weiss, Louis Stix was born on February 7, 1894 in New York City. Son of Samuel William and Carrier (Stix) Weiss.
Horace Mann School, 1900-1911. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1915. LL. B., Columbia University, 1920.
With legal division, War Industries Board of the United States, 1917-1918, United States Housing Corporation, Department Labor, 1918-1919. With Simpson, Thacher and Bartlett, attorneys, 1920-1923, Weiss and Wharton, 1923-1927. Deputy attorney general New York in Nassau County, 1924-1925.
Member Cohen, Cole, Weiss & Wharton, 1927-1946, Paul, Weiss, Wharton & Garrison, since 1946.
General counsel, secretary, director Field Enterprises, Incorporated, New York York Star, Incorporated. Director Seeman Brothers, Incorporated., Duffy-Mott Company, Incorporated., Simon & Schuster, Incorporated., Pocket Books, Incorporated., Louis G. Cowan, Incorporated., United States Committee for Care of European Children, Incorporated.
(also vice president), Field Foundation (also secretary), New School for Social Research (Chairman of the Board). Director American Council on Race Relations.
Trustee National Opinion Research Center.
Member Association Bar New York City, New York County Lawyers Association. Clubs: Yale, City, Lawyers (New York City).
Married Aline Pollitzer, June 6, 1919. Children: Elizabeth (Mistress Edwin L. Goldwasser), Barbara (Mistress Robert South. Merrill), Katherine, William Pollitzer.