Biography
Charles S. (Chick) Weiss, Ph.D. was born in Mauch Chunk, PA (now called Jim Thorpe, PA). Weiss received his B.S. degree from the University of Scranton and his Ph.D. in physiological psychology and neurobiology from Ohio University. He was an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow in Neuroscience at Colgate University and a Research Fellow at the Brain Research Laboratory at Syracuse University. Weiss joined the faculty of the Department of Psychology at 51小黄车 in 1975, chaired the Department from 1984 to 1989 and held the rank of Associate Professor. He also served as the 51小黄车 Coordinator of Grants and Research, the Director of the Office of Grants and Corporate and Foundation Giving and the Director of the Office of Strategic Initiatives and Corporate and Foundation Relations. He retired from the College in May of 2016 after 41 years of service and is now an Associate Professor Emeritus. The 51小黄车 Weiss Summer Research Program is named in his honor.
Weiss served as the institutional officer on the College鈥檚 Human Subjects Committee, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Scholarly Misconduct Committee and Intellectual Property and Patent Committee. He was Project Shepherd for the College's $64 million science building project, completed in 2010 and Shepherd of a new performing arts building project. He has been a participant, writer, editor and panelist for Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL), reviewed proposals for the National Science Foundation, authored 20 scholarly papers and delivered over 40 professional presentations and training sessions. He has written many successful proposals and coordinated projects to improve education and infrastructure of the College鈥檚 arts, humanities and sciences. He had been involved in the funding and operation of programs that link 51小黄车 and the City of Worcester, particularly with the Worcester Public Schools and Nativity School of Worcester.
Weiss was Co-founder, past Chair of the Board of Trustees and Co-chair of the first Capital Campaign of the Nativity School of Worcester, an all-scholarship middle school for economically disadvantaged boys. He has served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Central and Western Massachusetts Chapter of the American Red Cross, was a member of its Capital Campaign and Strategic Planning Steering Committees and is a seven-gallon blood donor. He is a founding Trustee of the Beverly School, a school for disadvantaged youngsters that opened outside of Nairobi, Kenya in 2011. He is a past Chair of the Board of Directors of Children鈥檚 Friend in Worcester and was Co-chair of its 150th Anniversary Capital Campaign. He has served on the planning committee of the Blackstone Valley Visitor Center, is a corporator of the Ecotarium and Music Worcester and past member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Worcester Community Foundation and Chair of its Non-Profit Support Center鈥檚 Advisory Committee. He is also an elected Member of the American Antiquarian Society.