Stephen H. Weiss

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Stephen H. Weiss was an American investment banker, philanthropist, and former chairman of the Cornell University Board of Trustees.

Weiss graduated from Cornell University in 1957, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society. He was a board-elected trustee from 1973 until 1997, He was vice chairman the Board from 1983 to 1989 and Chairman from 1989-1997.^[1]

Mr. Weiss served on many ad hoc committees of the board including Presidential Search Committees for Frank H. T. Rhodes, Hunter R. Rawlings III, Jeffrey S. Lehman, and David J. Skorton. He was a former member of the Advisory Councils of the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Veterinary Medicine. He was a member of the Joint Board for the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and the first chairman of the Board of Overseers of the Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences; he was also a Life Overseer. Mr. Weiss also served as a Presidential Counselor.

In 1992, he established the Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellows Awards to honor professors who show an outstanding commitment to undergraduate education.

Mr. Weiss co-founded the investment management firm of Weiss, Peck & Greer in 1970, and served as chief executive officer and chairman of the WPG Executive Committee. Previously, he served 11 years with A.G. Becker & Co., Inc., where he became a vice president, voting shareholder and a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Weiss ws also a member of the Citizens Budget Commission of New York City, the Citizens Committee for New York City, and the National Humanities Center. He is also vice chairman of the Centurion Foundation and served on the board of the Teagle Foundation. On August 18, 2000, Mr. Weiss was appointed an honorary police commissioner of New York City.