Walter F. Weiss ’57

Walter F. "Rick" Weiss died Feb. 3, 1998, at his home in Washington, D.C., of congestive heart failure. He was born in Shenandoah, Iowa. The family moved to Milwaukee, where he graduated from Sherwood H.S.

At Princeton Rick played 150-lb. football, worked for the campus fund drive, and was active in the student Christian association. He majored in history and joined Tiger Inn. His senior year roommates were John Thomas, Frank Jones, Pete Kohler, and Tim O'Leary.

After college Rick served in the military and did graduate work at the U. of Iowa and UC-Berkeley. He joined the Foreign Service in 1964, at first in Palermo and Trieste, Italy. In 1968 he returned to the U.S., to Washington, D.C., focusing on legislative affairs with the Executive Office of the President, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the State Dept. He retired as deputy assistant secretary of state for operations in 1984.

Subsequently he consulted on congressional affairs for businessmen, law firms, and the American Foreign Service Assn. He supported his church, wildlife, and medical causes.

Surviving are his widow, Anne, son Charles '85, daughter Claire, sisters Judith and Janet, and granddaughter Alexandra. The class extends its sincerest sympathy to them.

The Class of 1957