Edward R. Weidlein Jr. ’40

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review headline read: "Scientist Renowned for Mellon Institute Work." Classmates will remember Ed as their able and recent vice president and class agent.

Ed died July 26, 2005, at his home in Rector, Pa. He prepared at Shady Side Academy. At Princeton, he majored in chemistry and was a member of Elm Club. In 1943, he was awarded a master's in organic chemistry by Pennsylvania State University. During World War II, Ed enlisted in the Navy, serving in Germany with the technical industrial intelligence committee. Thereafter, he was active in the Naval Reserve as a lieutenant junior grade.

After the war, Ed was named a senior fellow at the Mellon Institute. In 1959 he joined Union Carbide as director of administration, later becoming director of Carbide's Technical Center. From 1980 to 1983, he was senior vice president of the New York Partnership.

Many civic organizations had Ed's active support and leadership. Over and over, he was praised for his diplomacy and fund-raising abilities.

Ed is survived by his wife of 62 years, Mary Rea Weidlein; five children, Edward R. III '68, James, Peter, Joan Mudge, and Mary Macintosh; eight grandchildren; and a brother, Robert. To them, his classmates extend their sincere condolences.

The Class of 1940