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{{Short description|American business executive and writer (1926–2021)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Stanley A. Weiss
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|12|21}}
| birth_place = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|8|26|1926|12|21}}
| death_place = London, England
| alma_mater = Georgetown University School of Foreign Service<br />Harvard University Center for International Affairs
| occupation = Mining Executive; Founding Chairman of Business Executives for National Security (BENS); Philanthropist
| spouse = Lisa (Popper) Weiss (1958 – present)
| children = Anthony Weiss<br />Christina Weiss Lurie
| notable_works = Manganese The Other Uses (1977)<br />Being Dead is Bad for Business (2017)
| website = {{URL|stanleyweiss.net}}
}}


'''Stanley A. Weiss''' is an American business executive, founder of [[Business Executives for National Security]] (BENS), and a writer on international affairs. He has been described as a “self-made man” and a “multi-faceted . . . multi-movied bon vivant.”[https://www.amazon.com/Being-Dead-Business-Stanley-Weiss/dp/1633310124/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479854588&sr=8-1- <nowiki>[i]</nowiki>]
'''Stanley A. Weiss''' (December 21, 1926 – August 26, 2021<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/stanley-weiss-executive-who-founded-group-monitoring-defense-spending-dies-at-94/2021/08/28/929eef4e-0827-11ec-a654-900a78538242_story.html Stanley Weiss, executive who founded group monitoring defense spending, dies at 94]</ref>) was an American business executive, founder of [[Business Executives for National Security]] (BENS), and a writer on international affairs. He has been described as a "[[self-made man]]" and a "multi-faceted&nbsp;... multi-movied bon vivant".<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 978-1633310124|title = Being Dead is Bad for Business|last1 = Weiss|first1 = Stanley A.|date = February 2017| publisher=Disruption Books }}</ref>


Inspired by the film ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' to search for gold in Mexico in the 1950s, Weiss became a successful entrepreneur in the mining industry before turning to civic engagement as co-founder of the Citizen’s Party and founder of BENS.
Inspired by the film ''[[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)|The Treasure of the Sierra Madre]]'' to search for gold in Mexico in the 1950s, Weiss became a successful entrepreneur in the mining industry before turning to politics as co-founder of the [[Citizens Party (United States)|Citizen's Party]] and founder of [[BENS]], and anti-nuclear advocacy group that successfully campaigned for the closure of unnecessary U.S. military bases, reforming Pentagon procurement, passing the [[Chemical Weapons Convention]], and catalyzing President [[Bill Clinton]]'s 2000 visit to India.


Weiss started writing on national security issues in 1983 and has continued to write regularly on a wide range of foreign and domestic issues for titles including the ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Foreign Affairs]]'', and ''[[Strategic Affairs']]''. He wrote on international affairs for the [[The Huffington Post|''Huffington Post'']].
Under Weiss, BENS successfully advocated closing unnecessary U.S. military bases, reforming Pentagon procurement, passing the Chemical Weapons Convention, and catalyzing President Clinton’s historic 2000 visit to India, among other priorities. Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has cited BENS as a “cutting-edge example as to what can be done when the business community becomes involved in supporting our diplomatic and development efforts,” and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates noted “BENS has identified problems and proposed solutions that have saved the taxpayers billions of dollars and made our military a more effective fighting force.”[https://fas.org/sgp/news/2010/04/gates-export.html<nowiki>[ii]</nowiki>][http://www.state.gov/t/us/142005.htm<nowiki>[iii]</nowiki>]


His memoir ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'' was published by Disruption Books in February 2017.
Weiss started writing on national security issues in 1983 and has continued to write regularly on a wide range of foreign and domestic issues, including for the ''International Herald Tribune'', ''The New York Times'', ''Foreign Affairs'', and ''Strategic Affairs''. He currently writes on international affairs for the [[The Huffington Post|''Huffington Post'']].

His memoir, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', will be published by Disruption Books in February 2017. He recounts how his “zest for living has taken him from the company of legendary artists and poets in Mexico, to writers and beatniks in 1960s San Francisco and Hollywood; from drunken nights with a notorious spy to friendships with three of the men who played James Bond; from glamorous parties in Gstaad and Phuket to power politics in London and Washington, DC.”


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==


Weiss was born on December 21, 1926 in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. His father worked in local Republican politics.
Weiss was born on December 21, 1926, in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. His father worked in local Republican politics.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}


He joined the U.S. Army in January 1944, shortly after his seventeenth birthday, and was discharged with the rank of Sergeant in August, 1946. Weiss credits President Harry Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb with probably saving his life, as he was training for the U.S. invasion of Japan when the war ended.[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/hiroshima-saved-my-life_b_10147908.html<nowiki>[iv]</nowiki>]
He joined the U.S. Army in January 1944, shortly after his seventeenth birthday, and was discharged with the rank of Sergeant in August, 1946. Weiss credited President [[Harry Truman]]'s decision to use the atomic bomb with probably saving his life because he was training for the U.S. invasion of Japan when the war ended.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/hiroshima-saved-my-life_b_10147908.html|title=Hiroshima Saved My Life|website=[[HuffPost]]|date=26 May 2016}}</ref>


He attended Lehigh University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Pennsylvania Military College and the [[Georgetown University]] [[Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service|School of Foreign Service]]. He was also the Business Fellow at Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs, now known as the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
He attended [[Lehigh University]], [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute]], [[Pennsylvania Military College]] and the [[Georgetown University]] [[Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service|School of Foreign Service]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} He was also the Business Fellow at [[Harvard University|Harvard University's]] Center for International Affairs, now known as the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}


==Business success==
==Business success==


During his time as a Georgetown student in 1951, Weiss was inspired by the classic John Huston film, [[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)|''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'']], to search for gold in [[Mexico]].[http://articles.philly.com/2010-07-21/sports/24967753_1_jeffrey-lurie-christina-lurie-eagles <nowiki>[v]</nowiki>]
During his time as a Georgetown student in 1951, Weiss was inspired by the [[John Huston]] film [[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)|''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'']] to search for gold in [[Mexico]].<ref name="v"/>


Weiss, who didn’t speak Spanish, had never been to Mexico, and had no experience in the mining business, struggled at first. [vi] Over time, Weiss developed his first key rule of business: Don’t Die.
Weiss had no experience in the mining business and struggled at first<ref name="vi" /> but developed his first key rule of business: Don't Die.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}


Although he never found gold, he did find rich deposits of manganese ore – often braving dangerous or isolated conditions, to secure new supplies[http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-12-07/business/1992342112_1_manganese-weiss-minerals <nowiki> [vii]</nowiki>] -- and created a successful business. Inc. Magazine described Weiss’s 1977 book ''Manganese: The Other Uses'' as the “definitive text on the non-metallurgical uses of manganese.”
Although he never found gold, he found rich deposits of manganese ore, often braving dangerous or isolated conditions to secure new supplies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1992/12/07/seeking-military-reform-ex-prospector-a-strategic-expert/|title = SEEKING MILITARY REFORM Ex-prospector a strategic expert| date=7 December 1992 }}</ref> His business succeeded and Inc. Magazine described Weiss's 1977 book ''Manganese: The Other Uses'' as the "definitive text on the non-metallurgical uses of manganese".{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}


Following his initial success with manganese, Weiss diversified his businesses and took advantage of promising markets. In 1960, Weiss founded American Minerals, Inc. where he served as chairman until 1991. When the company merged with Premier Refractories, Inc. Weiss served as chairman of the merged entity until 1997.[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/800459/000095013303003440/w90098dfdef14a.htm <nowiki> [viii]</nowiki>] Along with partners Charley and John Gehret, Weiss also started Premier Magnesia, the largest domestic supplier of magnesia in the United States.[ix] In 2007, Premier Magnesia aligned with Giles Chemical, the largest supplier of Epsom salt; magnesium is a vital component of Epsom salt.
Weiss diversified his businesses and in 1960, he founded [[American Minerals]], Inc., of which he served as chairman until 1991. When the company merged with [[Premier Refractories]], Inc., Weiss served as chairman of the merged entity until 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/800459/000095013303003440/w90098dfdef14a.htm|title = Def14a}}</ref> Along with partners Charley and John Gehret, Weiss also started [[Premier Magnesia]], the largest domestic supplier of magnesia in the United States.<ref name="ix" /> In 2007, Premier Magnesia aligned with [[Giles Chemical]], the largest supplier of [[Epsom salt]] in the [[Americas]], and moved its headquarters to [[Waynesville, North Carolina]] where Giles had operated since 1954.<ref name=Hyatt>{{cite news|title=Rail disruption following mill closure threatened jobs at epsom salt maker|last=Hyatt|first=Vicki|work=[[The Mountaineer]]|date=April 3, 2024}}</ref>


Working with Turkish Armenian American entrepreneur Ara Oztemel, Weiss also played a role in fostering trade between the United States and Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War by cutting a deal to import Soviet chrome into the United States.[x] The Soviet-American Trading Corporation was responsible for up to eighty percent of trade between the United States and the Soviet Union.[http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/09/business/ara-oztemel-71-businessman-cultivated-us-soviet-trade.html <nowiki>[xi]</nowiki>]
Working with entrepreneur [[Ara Oztemel]], Weiss also played a role in fostering trade between the United States and [[Soviet Union]] at the height of the [[Cold War]] by cutting a deal to import Soviet chromium into the United States.<ref name="x" /> The Soviet-American Trading Corporation was responsible for up to eighty percent of trade between the United States and the Soviet Union.<ref name="xi"/>


Weiss invested in [[Harman International Industries]] before it went public in 1986.[xii] He served on the company’s Board of Directors for two decades.
Weiss invested in [[Harman International Industries]] before it went public in 1986.<ref name="xii" /> He served on the company's board of directors for two decades.


Weiss has also invested in several partnerships and entrepreneurial efforts, including Footprint Ventures – a venture capital fund based in India, run by longtime Silicon Valley venture capitalist Neill Brownstein and his wife, Linda – and [[Chicken Soup for the Soul]] Publishing, run by BENS member Bill Rouhana.
Weiss had also invested in other companies, including [[Footprint Ventures]] – a venture capital fund based in India that is run by Silicon Valley venture capitalist [[Neill Brownstein]] and his wife, Linda – and [[Chicken Soup for the Soul]] Publishing, run by BENS member Bill Rouhana.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}


==Anti-nuclear activism==
==BENS and “Being Dead Is Bad for Business”==


With the support of [[John Kenneth Galbraith]], the liberal economist and longtime Harvard professor, Weiss became the Business Fellow at Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs for the 1977-1978 school year.[xiii]
With the support of [[John Kenneth Galbraith]], a liberal economist and Harvard professor, Weiss became the Business Fellow at [[Harvard University]]'s Center for International Affairs for the 1977–1978 school year.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}


Based in part on his work on nuclear non-proliferation at Harvard, in 1982, Weiss founded Business [[Business Executives for National Security|Executives for National Security]] (BENS),[http://www.bens.org/about-bens/our-mission <nowiki>[xiv]</nowiki>] a non-partisan organization that represents the perspective of business leaders on national security issues, and whose membership includes a number of leading American CEOs, entrepreneurs, and policy analysts.
Based in part on his work on nuclear non-proliferation at Harvard, in 1982, Weiss founded [[Business Executives for National Security]] (BENS),<ref name="xiv" /> a non-partisan organization that represents the perspective of business leaders on national security issues.


In a February 2, 1983 interview on the ''Today'' show, host Jane Pauley asked Weiss why senior business leaders were raising their voices on issues related to nuclear war.[xv] His reply later became his signature catchphrase: “Being dead is bad for business.”
In a February 2, 1983, interview on the ''Today'' show, host [[Jane Pauley]] asked Weiss why senior business leaders were becoming vocal about issues pertaining to nuclear war.<ref name="xv" /> His reply later became his signature catchphrase: "Being dead is bad for business".{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}


BENS initially focused largely on arms control and defense procurement. In a series of op-eds, Weiss drew attention to the dangers of nuclear proliferation, and pointed out the Pentagon was operating on outdated assessments of national security needs in justifying inefficient acquisitions and unnecessary bases. The [[Base Realignment and Closure#Defense Base Realignment and Closure Act of 1990|Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Act of 1990]], which helped remove pork barrel politics from the base closing process by appointing a U.S. government commission to recommend closures, was based on a concept proposed by a BENS member.[xvi] BENS also played an influential role in the passage of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.[xvii][http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/dont-let-the-crisis-in-uk_b_6896900.html<nowiki>[xviii]</nowiki>]
BENS initially focused largely on arms control and defense procurement. In a series of op-eds, Weiss drew attention to the dangers of nuclear proliferation and said [[The Pentagon]] was operating on outdated assessments of national security needs in justifying inefficient acquisitions and unnecessary bases. The [[Base Realignment and Closure#Defense Base Realignment and Closure Act of 1990|Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Act of 1990]], which helped remove [[pork barrel|pork barrel politics]] from the base-closing process by appointing a U.S. government commission to recommend closures, was based on a concept proposed by a BENS member.<ref name="xvi" /> BENS also influenced the passage of the [[Chemical Weapons Convention]] and the [[Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program]].<ref name="xviib">{{Cite web|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/dont-let-the-crisis-in-uk_b_6896900.html|title = Don't Let the Crisis in Ukraine Damage Decades of Progress on Nuclear Cooperation|website = [[HuffPost]]|date = 18 March 2015}}</ref>


In 1994, a BENS report that twenty-six of the twenty-seven bases recommended for closure under the BRAC process hadn’t actually closed or had reopened with new federal tenants caused a public sensation, helping to get the base closures back on track. Weiss was invited to address the issue on CBS’ ''60 Minutes'', where he called the actions “political pork at its worst.”[xix]
In 1994, a BENS report that twenty-six of the twenty-seven bases recommended for closure under the BRAC process remained open or had reopened with new federal tenants helped speed the bases' closures back. Weiss was invited to address the issue on CBS’ ''[[60 Minutes]]'', where he called the actions "political pork at its worst".<ref name="xix" />


Through Weiss’ leadership, BENS supported the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]’s [[In-Q-Tel]] program, a venture capital firm to develop promising national security technologies for the CIA. He also led efforts to design a public-private partnership called the [[New Jersey Business Force]],<ref>http://www.beocalliance.org/nj-business-force%5Bxxi%5D {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref> which mobilized private corporations in natural disaster recovery efforts and was active in recovery efforts after [[Hurricane Sandy]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
In 1997, a BENS delegation visit to India led by entrepreneur and humanitarian Raphael Benaroya had a series of meetings with military and political leaders at the highest levels of the Indian government. The meetings encouraged Weiss and several BENS members to advocate for U.S. recognition of India’s strategic importance and the need to “de-hyphenate” India and Pakistan and treat them as separate countries. BENS is credited with prompting Bill Clinton’s 1997 meeting in New York with Indian Prime Minister I.K. Gujral and Clinton’s historic 2000 visit to India – the first presidential visit to India since the Carter administration.[https://books.google.com/books?id=0TTfBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA337&lpg=PA337&dq=business+executives+for+national+security+india&source=bl&ots=JLvxrZG4bM&sig=QZxsa7Ut2trU2dc5zf9i7ATSXac&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwik5fWbgODQAhUFDcAKHRLJBHwQ6AEIUDAJ#v=onepage&q=business%20executives%20for%20national%20security%20india&f=false<nowiki>[xx]</nowiki>]

Through Weiss’ leadership, BENS supported the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]’s [[In-Q-Tel]] program, a venture capital firm to develop promising national security technologies for the CIA. He also led efforts to design a public-private partnership called the New Jersey Business Force,[http://www.beocalliance.org/nj-business-force<nowiki>[xxi]</nowiki>] which mobilized private corporations in natural disaster recovery efforts. The New Jersey Business Force was active in recovery efforts after [[Hurricane Sandy]].


In 2007, Weiss stepped down as the Chairman of BENS and assumed the title of Founding Chairman. That year, Weiss received the [[Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award|Distinguished Civilian Service Award]] from the [[United States Department of Defense|US Department of Defense]].
In 2007, Weiss stepped down as the Chairman of BENS and assumed the title of Founding Chairman. That year, Weiss received the [[Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award|Distinguished Civilian Service Award]] from the [[United States Department of Defense|US Department of Defense]].
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==Political advocacy==
==Political advocacy==


After his Harvard fellowship, Weiss created and financed the [[Nuclear Information and Resource Service|Nuclear Information Resource Service]] (NIRS).[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/hiroshima-saved-my-life_b_10147908.html<nowiki>[xxii]</nowiki>] NIRS established its niche by eschewing advocacy in favor of providing reliable, objective information about nuclear power. During the Three Mile Island disaster, NIRS was a key source of accurate information on the situation.[xxiii]
After his Harvard fellowship, Weiss created and financed the [[Nuclear Information and Resource Service|Nuclear Information Resource Service]] (NIRS),<ref name="xxii" /> which provided reliable, objective information about nuclear power. During the [[Three Mile Island disaster]], NIRS was a key source of accurate information on the situation.<ref name="xxiii" />


Weiss was a co-founder of the [[Citizens Party (United States)|Citizen’s Party]]. Dissatisfied with the Carter administration, the Party emphasized a renewed focus on economic democracy and solving the [[1970s energy crisis|energy crisis]]. The Party recruited environmentalist Barry Commoner to run in the 1980 presidential election. Unable to spark sufficient media or public interest, especially given the independent candidacy of John Anderson, the Party infamously put Commoner on the political map with an expletive-centered radio ad.[http://time.com/4584919/barry-commoner-shocking-ad/<nowiki>[xxiv]</nowiki>]
Weiss was a co-founder of the [[Citizens Party (United States)|Citizen's Party]], which was dissatisfied with the [[Carter administration]] and focused on economic democracy and solving the [[1970s energy crisis]]. The Party recruited environmentalist [[Barry Commoner]] to run in the 1980 presidential election.<ref>[https://time.com/4584919/barry-commoner-shocking-ad/ Time (magazine)]</ref>


In 1991, Weiss became involved in a private sector-led, not-for-profit venture to reinvent America’s public schools. Created under the umbrella of President George H.W. Bush’s “America 2000 Initiative,” the New American Schools Development Corporation sought to create new partnerships between business and government to revolutionize America’s schools and bring them up to world-class standards. Over regular meetings supported by the administration, Weiss and other members proposed “break-the-mold” designs for school reform.[http://educationnext.org/unrequited-promise/<nowiki>[xxv]</nowiki>] The ideas gained support within the Bush administration but died due to opposition from the teachers’ unions.
In 1991, Weiss became involved in a private sector-led, not-for-profit venture to reinvent America's public schools under President [[George H. W. Bush]]'s "[[America 2000 Initiative]]"; the [[New American Schools Development Corporation]] sought to create new partnerships between business and government to improve US schools. Weiss and other members proposed "break-the-mold" designs for school reform.<ref>http://educationnext.org/unrequited-promise/%5Bxxv%5D {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> The ideas gained support within the Bush administration but failed due to opposition from the teachers’ unions.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}


==Writing and publishing career==
==Writing and publishing career==


Weiss nearly purchased the iconic magazine, [[Ramparts (magazine)|''Ramparts'']]'','' as it faced dire financial troubles in 1968.[xxvi]
Weiss nearly purchased the magazine [[Ramparts (magazine)|''Ramparts'']], which faced financial troubles in 1968.<ref name="xxvi" />


Weiss has written op-eds on international affairs and national security issues since 1983.[http://www.inc.com/magazine/19830301/9828.html<nowiki>[xxvii]</nowiki>] He has written as broadly and consistently on issues related to southeastern Asia and the Asian subcontinent the past 20 years – including Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, India – as any other American writer. Throughout the nineties and 2000s, he was a regular op-ed contributor to the [[International New York Times|''International Herald Tribune'']].[http://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/28/opinion/28iht-edstan.html<nowiki>[xxviii]</nowiki>] His writing has also appeared in [[Foreign Affairs|''Foreign Affairs'']],[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/burma-myanmar/2014-01-17/how-invest-myanmar<nowiki>[xxix]</nowiki>] the [[Los Angeles Times|''Los Angeles Times'']],[http://articles.latimes.com/1993-08-18/local/me-24813_1_united-states<nowiki>[xxx]</nowiki>] the [[The Wall Street Journal|''Wall Street Journal'']], [[Forbes]], the [[The Washington Times|Washington Times]], the [[The Washington Post|Washington Post]], [[United Press International|UPI]], Strategic Review, and the [[The New York Times|''New York Times'']], [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/opinion/14iht-edweiss.html<nowiki>[xxxi]</nowiki>] among others. He currently writes about international affairs for ''[[The Huffington Post]]''.[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/stanley-weiss<nowiki>[xxxii]</nowiki>]
Weiss had written op-eds on international affairs and national security issues since 1983.<ref>http://www.inc.com/magazine/19830301/9828.html%5Bxxvii%5D {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> He had written as broadly and consistently on issues related to southeastern Asia and the Asian subcontinent the past 20 years – including Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, India – as any other American writer. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, he was a regular op-ed contributor to the [[International New York Times|''International Herald Tribune'']].<ref name="xxviii" /> His writing has also appeared in ''[[Foreign Affairs]]'' <ref name="xxix" /> the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'',<ref name="xxxb">{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-18-me-24813-story.html|title=Archives|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=18 August 1993 }}</ref> the [[The Wall Street Journal|''Wall Street Journal'']], [[Forbes]], the [[The Washington Times|Washington Times]], the [[The Washington Post|Washington Post]], [[United Press International|UPI]], Strategic Review, and the [[The New York Times|''New York Times'']].<ref name="xxxii" /> He wrote about international affairs for ''[[The Huffington Post]]''.<ref name="xxxii" />


Key themes in Weiss’s writings include the importance of U.S. leadership, how good economics makes good politics, the role of global business in fostering progress, and the problems that result when national borders don’t respect historical realities. He describes himself as “not a knee-jerk interventionist, but an internationalist who believes the world is better off when America is out in front.”[xxxiii]
Key themes in Weiss's writings include the US leadership, economics, global business, and national borders. He described himself as "an internationalist who believes the world is better off when America is out in front".<ref name="xxxii" />


Weiss has described Turkish President Erdogan as a “brilliant fraud” whose actions run counter to Turkey’s secular and democratic tradition, called on the United States to reconsider its relationships with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and argued for a change in the U.S. approach to Myanmar.[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/erdogan-turkey-egypt_b_961663.html<nowiki>[xxxiv]</nowiki>][http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/its-time-to-talk-about-sa_b_8363936.html<nowiki>[xxxv]</nowiki>][http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/its-time-to-send-pakistan_b_3347727.html<nowiki>[xxxvi]</nowiki>]
Weiss had described Turkish President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] as a "brilliant fraud" whose actions run counter to Turkey's secular and democratic tradition, called on the US to reconsider its relationships with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and argued for a change in the US's approach to [[Myanmar]].<ref name="xxxivb">{{Cite web|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/erdogan-turkey-egypt_b_961663.html|title = A Brilliant Fraud|website = [[HuffPost]]|date = 15 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="xxxvi" />


In 1998, Weiss and then-BENS CEO Tom McInerney published an op-ed on the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. The opening line stated “the United States wants terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden dead – or alive,” presaging by three years President Bush’s use of the same formulation after the September 11 terrorist attacks.[xxxvii]
In 1998, Weiss and BENS CEO [[Tom McInerney]] published an op-ed on the hunt for [[Osama bin Laden]]. The opening line stated "the United States wants terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden dead – or alive".<ref name="xxxvii" />


Former Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri, locked in a heated election contest with Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, known as SBY, seized on a Yudhonoyo quote in an ''International Herald Tribune'' piece authored by Weiss to argue that Yudhoyono preferred the United States over Indonesia.[xxxviii][http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1909590,00.html<nowiki>[xxxix]</nowiki>] Yudhoyono won the election despite Megawati’s attacks.
Former Indonesian president [[Megawati Sukarnoputri]], during an election campaign against [[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]], seized on a Yudhonoyo quote in a Weiss-written op-ed in ''International Herald Tribune'' to argue that Yudhoyono preferred the United States over Indonesia.<ref name="xxxviii" />


On February 28, 2017, Weiss’ memoir, titled ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', will be published by Disruption Books[https://www.amazon.com/Being-Dead-Business-Stanley-Weiss/dp/1633310124/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479854588&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=being+dead+is+bad+for+business+stanleyweis+s<nowiki>[xl]</nowiki>]
On February 28, 2017, Weiss’ memoir titled "Being Dead is Bad for Business" was published by [[Disruption Books]].<ref name="xi" />


==Film and theater production==
==Film and theater production==


Weiss was co-producer of ''Los Novios'', the first musical comedy to debut in Mexico. ''Los Novios'' was based on ''The Boy Friend'', a hit Broadway production starring Julie Andrews. He was also a producer for a Mexican adaptation of [[Bells Are Ringing (musical)|''The Bells Are Ringing'']], titled ''Ring, Ring, Llame el Amor''.
Weiss was co-producer of ''[[Los Novios]]'', the first musical comedy to debut in Mexico, which is based on the Broadway musical ''[[The Boy Friend (musical)|The Boy Friend]]''.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} He was also a producer for a Mexican adaptation of [[Bells Are Ringing (musical)|''The Bells Are Ringing'']] titled ''Ring, Ring, Llame el Amor''.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}


Weiss went on to be the executive producer for ''[[The Hired Hand]]'', a 1971 film starring [[Peter Fonda]].[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919175/<nowiki>[xli]</nowiki>] He also appeared in the film. Though poorly received at the time, ''The Hired Hand'' is now considered a cult western classic and continues to be shown at movie festivals.[https://medium.com/@Stanley.Weiss/wild-and-crazy-in-new-hollywood-1682d10623e6#.lmwrq6chm<nowiki>[xlii]</nowiki>]
Weiss was the executive producer for ''[[The Hired Hand]]'', a 1971 film starring [[Peter Fonda]], and also appeared in it.<ref name="Xli">https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919175/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2021}} He also appeared in the film.<ref name="xlii" />


==Associations==
==Associations==


In Mexico, Weiss came to know several participants in Mexico's vibrant art world, including [[Lupe Rivera]], the daughter of painters [[Diego Rivera]] and [[Frida Kahlo]].<ref name="xliii" />
Through his work in business, BENS, and countless life adventures, Weiss became a friend and confidante to many notable people stretching across four continents and nine decades.

In Mexico, Weiss came to know several participants in Mexico’s vibrant art world, including Lupe Rivera, the daughter of painters Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo.[xliii]

Personal and business connections frequently brought Weiss to 1960s San Francisco as it increasingly became a home for the brewing counterculture movement.[xliv] Weiss maintained close friendships with legendary San Francisco journalists Herb Caen and Art Hoppe. Writers Barnaby Conrad and Herb Gold, advertising pioneers Walter Landor and Howard Gossage, as well as proctologist-turned-ventriloquist Gerry Feigen were among a group of friends who met regularly with Weiss at Trader Vic’s. His closest friends were the entrepreneur, Harry Hunt, and attorney Bernard Petrie.

Living part of the year in the Swiss village of Gstaad, Weiss also befriended a colorful cast of characters including Galbraith, conservative icon and ''National Review'' founder William F. Buckley, and provocative ''Spectator'' columnist Panagiotis Theodoracopulos, better known as Taki. Weiss also developed close friendships in Gstaad with two of the actors who played James Bond – Sean Connery and Roger Moore. He would later befriend a third—Pierce Brosnan – in Phuket, Thailand.[xlv]

In 1971, Weiss and his family moved to London. He is a member of the legendary Garrick Club[xlvi] and the equally iconic Queen’s tennis Club.

Weiss received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from [[Point Park University|Point Park College]].[http://www.bens.org/Leadership/StanleyWeiss<nowiki>[xlvii]</nowiki>] He is a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], the American [[Ditchley Foundation]],[http://americanditchley.org/advisory.htm<nowiki>[xlviii]</nowiki>] and the [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]].[http://www.bens.org/Leadership/StanleyWeiss<nowiki>[xlix]</nowiki>]

Weiss has served on the Board of Visitors at [[Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service|Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service]], the Advisory Board of the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy, and the Advisory Board of the [[International Crisis Group]].[http://www.bens.org/Leadership/StanleyWeiss<nowiki>[l]</nowiki>]

==Personal life==

Weiss is married to Lisa Weiss, formerly Lisa Popper. They were married in 1958 and have two children, [[Christina Weiss Lurie]], a part owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, and Anthony Weiss, a business executive.

Weiss remains an accomplished skier and tennis player into his ninth decade.

----[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref1|[i]]] <nowiki>https://www.amazon.com/Being-Dead-Business-Stanley-Weiss/dp/1633310124/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479854588&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=being+dead+is+bad+for+business+stanleyweis+s</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref2|[ii]]] <nowiki>https://fas.org/sgp/news/2010/04/gates-export.html</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref3|[iii]]] <nowiki>http://www.state.gov/t/us/142005.htm</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref4|[iv]]] <nowiki>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/hiroshima-saved-my-life_b_10147908.html</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref5|[v]]] <nowiki>http://articles.philly.com/2010-07-21/sports/24967753_1_jeffrey-lurie-christina-lurie-eagles</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref6|[vi]]] Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 1-10.

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref7|[vii]]] <nowiki>http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-12-07/business/1992342112_1_manganese-weiss-minerals</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref8|[viii]]]<nowiki>https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/800459/000095013303003440/w90098dfdef14a.htm</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref9|[ix]]] Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 349.

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref10|[x]]] Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 161-167.

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref11|[xi]]] <nowiki>http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/09/business/ara-oztemel-71-businessman-cultivated-us-soviet-trade.html</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref12|[xii]]] Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 251.

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref13|[xiii]]] Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 280.

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref14|[xiv]]] <nowiki>http://www.bens.org/about-bens/our-mission</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref15|[xv]]] Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 322.

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref16|[xvi]]] Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 355.

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref17|[xvii]]] Stanley A. Weiss, “Chemical Weapons: A Valuable Treaty to Ratify,” ''International Herald Tribune'' (September 11, 1996)

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref18|[xviii]]] Stanley A. Weiss, “Don’t Let The Crisis in Ukraine Damage Decades of Nuclear Cooperation,” ''The Huffington Post'' (May 18, 2015)

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref19|[xix]]] Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 356.

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref20|[xx]]]<nowiki>https://books.google.com/books?id=0TTfBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA337&lpg=PA337&dq=business+executives+for+national+security+india&source=bl&ots=JLvxrZG4bM&sig=QZxsa7Ut2trU2dc5zf9i7ATSXac&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwik5fWbgODQAhUFDcAKHRLJBHwQ6AEIUDAJ#v=onepage&q=business%20executives%20for%20national%20security%20india&f=false</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref21|[xxi]]] <nowiki>http://www.beocalliance.org/nj-business-force</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref22|[xxii]]] <nowiki>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/hiroshima-saved-my-life_b_10147908.html</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref23|[xxiii]]] Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 311

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref24|[xxiv]]] <nowiki>http://time.com/4584919/barry-commoner-shocking-ad/</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref25|[xxv]]] <nowiki>http://educationnext.org/unrequited-promise/</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref26|[xxvi]]] Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 209-221

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref27|[xxvii]]] <nowiki>http://www.inc.com/magazine/19830301/9828.html</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref28|[xxviii]]] <nowiki>http://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/28/opinion/28iht-edstan.html</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref29|[xxix]]] <nowiki>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/burma-myanmar/2014-01-17/how-invest-myanmar</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref30|[xxx]]] <nowiki>http://articles.latimes.com/1993-08-18/local/me-24813_1_united-states</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref31|[xxxi]]] <nowiki>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/opinion/14iht-edweiss.html</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref32|[xxxii]]] <nowiki>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/stanley-weiss</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref33|[xxxiii]]] Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 418

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref34|[xxxiv]]] <nowiki>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/erdogan-turkey-egypt_b_961663.html</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref35|[xxxv]]] <nowiki>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/its-time-to-talk-about-sa_b_8363936.html</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref36|[xxxvi]]] <nowiki>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/its-time-to-send-pakistan_b_3347727.html</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref37|[xxxvii]]] Stanley A. Weiss and Tom McInerney, “The Hunt is on For Osama Bin Laden,” ''The Washington Times'', (September 16, 1998)

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref38|[xxxviii]]] Stanley A. Weiss, “Indonesia’s Progress Will Continue Despite the Bombing,” ''International Herald Tribune'' (Friday, August 8, 2003)

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref39|[xxxix]]] <nowiki>http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1909590,00.html</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref40|[xl]]] <nowiki>https://www.amazon.com/Being-Dead-Business-Stanley-Weiss/dp/1633310124/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479854588&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=being+dead+is+bad+for+business+stanleyweis+s</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref41|[xli]]] <nowiki>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919175/</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref42|[xlii]]] <nowiki>https://medium.com/@Stanley.Weiss/wild-and-crazy-in-new-hollywood-1682d10623e6#.lmwrq6chm</nowiki>

[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref43|[xliii]]] Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 116-117


Weiss frequently visited 1960s San Francisco, home of the nascent counterculture movement.<ref name="xliv" /> Weiss maintained close friendships with San Francisco journalists [[Herb Caen]] and [[Art Hoppe]]. Writers [[Barnaby Conrad]] and [[Herb Gold]], advertising pioneers [[Walter Landor]] and [[Howard Gossage]], as well as proctologist-turned-ventriloquist [[Gerry Feigen]] were among a group of friends who met regularly with Weiss at [[Trader Vic's]]. His closest friends were the entrepreneur [[Harry Hunt]] and attorney [[Bernard Petrie]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref44|[xliv]]] Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 172-188


Weiss spent part of each year in [[Gstaad]], Switzerland, where he befriended [[Galbraith]], conservative ''[[National Review]]'' founder [[William F. Buckley]], and ''[[The Spectator]]'' columnist [[Taki Theodoracopulos]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} Weiss also developed close friendships in Gstaad with actors [[Sean Connery]] and [[Roger Moore]]. He would later befriend [[Pierce Brosnan]] in [[Phuket]], Thailand.<ref name="xlv" />
[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref45|[xlv]]] Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 265-278


In 1971, Weiss and his family moved to London. He was a member of the [[Garrick Club]]<ref name="xlvi" /> and the [[Queen's Club|Queen's tennis club]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref46|[xlvi]]] Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 242


Weiss received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from [[Point Park University|Point Park College]].<ref>http://www.bens.org/Leadership/StanleyWeiss%5Bxlvii%5D {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], the American [[Ditchley Foundation]],<ref>http://americanditchley.org/advisory.htm%5Bxlviii%5D {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> and the [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]].<ref>http://www.bens.org/Leadership/StanleyWeiss%5Bxlix%5D {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref47|[xlvii]]] <nowiki>http://www.bens.org/Leadership/StanleyWeiss</nowiki>


Weiss had served on the Board of Visitors at [[Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service|Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service]], the advisory board of the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy, and the advisory board of the [[International Crisis Group]].<ref>http://www.bens.org/Leadership/StanleyWeiss%5Bl%5D {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref48|[xlviii]]] <nowiki>http://americanditchley.org/advisory.htm</nowiki>


==References==
[[:File:///C:/Users/paul.orzulak/Documents/Stanley Weiss Wikipedia Page Revised 3 January 530 pm.docx# ednref49|[xlix]]] <nowiki>http://www.bens.org/Leadership/StanleyWeiss</nowiki>
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*<ref name="xl">{{Cite book|isbn=978-1633310124|title=Being Dead is Bad for Business|last1=Weiss|first1=Stanley A.|date=February 2017|publisher=Disruption Books }}</ref>
*<ref name="ii">{{Cite web|url=https://fas.org/sgp/news/2010/04/gates-export.html|title = Secretary Robert Gates on Export Control Reform}}</ref>
*<ref name="iii">{{Cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/12/01/clintons_remarks_at_business_executives_for_national_security_gala_99352.html|title = Clinton's Remarks at Business Executives for National Security Gala &#124; RealClearPolitics}}</ref>
*<ref name="xxii">{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/hiroshima-saved-my-life_b_10147908.html|title = Hiroshima Saved My Life|website = [[HuffPost]]|date = 26 May 2016}}</ref>
*<ref name="v">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@Stanley.Weiss/wild-and-crazy-in-new-hollywood-1682d10623e6#.fclv6yjrq|title = Wild and Crazy in New Hollywood|date = 22 November 2016}}</ref>
*<ref name="vi">Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 1-10.</ref>
*<ref name="vii">{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1992/12/07/seeking-military-reform-ex-prospector-a-strategic-expert/|title=SEEKING MILITARY REFORM Ex-prospector a strategic expert|date=7 December 1992 }}</ref>
*<ref name="viii">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/800459/000095013303003440/w90098dfdef14a.htm|title=Def14a}}</ref>
*<ref name="ix">Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 349.</ref>
*<ref name="x">Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 161–167.</ref>
*<ref name="xi">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/09/business/ara-oztemel-71-businessman-cultivated-us-soviet-trade.html|title = Ara Oztemel, 71, Businessman; Cultivated U.S.-Soviet Trade|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 9 February 1998|last1 = Johnston|first1 = David Cay}}</ref>
*<ref name="xii">Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 251.</ref>
*<ref name="xiii">Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 280.</ref>
*<ref name="xiv">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bens.org/about-bens/our-mission|title = About BENS - Our Mission and Tenets - Business Executives for National Security| date=4 April 2018 }}</ref>
*<ref name="xv">Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 322.</ref>
*<ref name="xvi">Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 355.</ref>
*<ref name="xvii">Stanley A. Weiss, "Chemical Weapons: A Valuable Treaty to Ratify," ''International Herald Tribune'' (September 11, 1996)</ref>
*<ref name="xviii">Stanley A. Weiss, "Don't Let The Crisis in Ukraine Damage Decades of Nuclear Cooperation," ''The Huffington Post'' (May 18, 2015)</ref>
*<ref name="xix">Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 356.</ref>
*<ref name="xx">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0TTfBQAAQBAJ&q=business+executives+for+national+security+india&pg=PA337|title = The Making of India: A Political History|isbn = 9781317455905|last1 = Vohra|first1 = Ranbir|date = 18 December 2014| publisher=Routledge }}</ref>
*<ref name="xii-2">http://www.beocalliance.org/nj-business-force {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref>
*<ref name="xxii">{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/hiroshima-saved-my-life_b_10147908.html|title = Hiroshima Saved My Life|website = [[HuffPost]]|date = 26 May 2016}}</ref>
*<ref name="xxiii">Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 311</ref>
*<ref name="xxiv">[https://time.com/4584919/barry-commoner-shocking-ad/ Time (magazine)]</ref>
*<ref name="xxv">{{Cite web|url=http://educationnext.org/unrequited-promise/|title = Unrequited Promise|date = 17 July 2006}}</ref>
*<ref name="xxvi">Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 209-221</ref>
*<ref name="xxvii">{{Cite web|url=http://www.inc.com/magazine/19830301/9828.html|title = Going for Broke|date = March 1983}}</ref>
*<ref name="xxviii">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/28/opinion/28iht-edstan.html|title=Opinion &#124; Middle East:Investment Attraction of Arms Bazaar?|newspaper=The New York Times|date=28 October 1994|last1=Weiss|first1=Stanley A.}}</ref>
*<ref name="xxix">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/burma-myanmar/2014-01-17/how-invest-myanmar|title = How to Invest in Myanmar|date = 29 January 2014|last1 = Weiss|first1 = Stanley A.|last2 = Heinemann|first2 = Tim}}</ref>
*<ref name="xxx">{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-18-me-24813-story.html|title=Archives|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=18 August 1993 }}</ref>
*<ref name="xxxi">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/opinion/14iht-edweiss.html|title = Opinion &#124; Water for Peace|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 13 July 2009|last1 = Weiss|first1 = Stanley A.}}</ref>
*<ref name="xxxii">{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/stanley-weiss|title = Stanley a Weiss &#124; HuffPost|website = [[HuffPost]]}}</ref>
*<ref name="xxxiii">Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 418</ref>
*<ref name="xxxiv">{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/erdogan-turkey-egypt_b_961663.html|title=A Brilliant Fraud|website=[[HuffPost]]|date=15 September 2011}}</ref>
*<ref name="xxxv">{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/its-time-to-talk-about-sa_b_8363936.html|title=It's Time to Talk About Saudi Arabia|website=[[HuffPost]]|date=23 October 2015}}</ref>
*<ref name="xxxvi">{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-weiss/its-time-to-send-pakistan_b_3347727.html|title = It's Time to Send Pakistan's Army Back to the Barracks|website = [[HuffPost]]|date = 28 May 2013}}</ref>
*<ref name="xxxvii">Stanley A. Weiss and Tom McInerney, "The Hunt is on For Osama Bin Laden," ''The Washington Times'', (September 16, 1998)</ref>
*<ref name="xxxviii">Stanley A. Weiss, "Indonesia's Progress Will Continue Despite the Bombing," ''International Herald Tribune'' (Friday, August 8, 2003)</ref>
*<ref name="xxxix">[http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1909590,00.html Time (magazine)]</ref>
*<ref name="xl">{{Cite book|isbn=978-1633310124|title=Being Dead is Bad for Business|last1=Weiss|first1=Stanley A.|date=February 2017|publisher=Disruption Books }}</ref>
*<ref name="xli">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919175/|title=Stanley A. Weiss|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>
*<ref name="xlii">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@Stanley.Weiss/wild-and-crazy-in-new-hollywood-1682d10623e6#.lmwrq6chm|title = Wild and Crazy in New Hollywood|date = 22 November 2016}}</ref>
*<ref name="xliii">Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 116-117</ref>
*<ref name="xliv">Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 172-188</ref>
*<ref name="xlv">Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 265-278</ref>
*<ref name="xlvi">Weiss, ''Being Dead is Bad for Business'', 242</ref>
*<ref name="xlvii">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bens.org/Leadership/StanleyWeiss|title = Stanley Weiss - Business Executives for National Security| date=9 December 2021 }}</ref>
*<ref name="xlviii">{{Cite web|url=http://americanditchley.org/advisory.htm|title = The American Ditchley Foundation - the American Ditchley Foundation}}</ref>
*<ref name="xlvii">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bens.org/Leadership/StanleyWeiss|title = Stanley Weiss - Business Executives for National Security| date=9 December 2021 }}</ref>
*<ref name="xlvii">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bens.org/Leadership/StanleyWeiss|title = Stanley Weiss - Business Executives for National Security| date=9 December 2021 }}</ref>}}
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Latest revision as of 10:50, 17 November 2024

Stanley A. Weiss
Born(1926-12-21)December 21, 1926
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedAugust 26, 2021(2021-08-26) (aged 94)
London, England
Alma materGeorgetown University School of Foreign Service
Harvard University Center for International Affairs
Occupation(s)Mining Executive; Founding Chairman of Business Executives for National Security (BENS); Philanthropist
Notable workManganese The Other Uses (1977)
Being Dead is Bad for Business (2017)
SpouseLisa (Popper) Weiss (1958 – present)
ChildrenAnthony Weiss
Christina Weiss Lurie
Websitestanleyweiss.net

Stanley A. Weiss (December 21, 1926 – August 26, 2021[1]) was an American business executive, founder of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), and a writer on international affairs. He has been described as a "self-made man" and a "multi-faceted ... multi-movied bon vivant".[2]

Inspired by the film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre to search for gold in Mexico in the 1950s, Weiss became a successful entrepreneur in the mining industry before turning to politics as co-founder of the Citizen's Party and founder of BENS, and anti-nuclear advocacy group that successfully campaigned for the closure of unnecessary U.S. military bases, reforming Pentagon procurement, passing the Chemical Weapons Convention, and catalyzing President Bill Clinton's 2000 visit to India.

Weiss started writing on national security issues in 1983 and has continued to write regularly on a wide range of foreign and domestic issues for titles including the International Herald Tribune, The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, and Strategic Affairs'. He wrote on international affairs for the Huffington Post.

His memoir Being Dead is Bad for Business was published by Disruption Books in February 2017.

Early life and education

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Weiss was born on December 21, 1926, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father worked in local Republican politics.[citation needed]

He joined the U.S. Army in January 1944, shortly after his seventeenth birthday, and was discharged with the rank of Sergeant in August, 1946. Weiss credited President Harry Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb with probably saving his life because he was training for the U.S. invasion of Japan when the war ended.[3]

He attended Lehigh University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Pennsylvania Military College and the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.[citation needed] He was also the Business Fellow at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs, now known as the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.[citation needed]

Business success

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During his time as a Georgetown student in 1951, Weiss was inspired by the John Huston film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre to search for gold in Mexico.[4]

Weiss had no experience in the mining business and struggled at first[5] but developed his first key rule of business: Don't Die.[citation needed]

Although he never found gold, he found rich deposits of manganese ore, often braving dangerous or isolated conditions to secure new supplies.[6] His business succeeded and Inc. Magazine described Weiss's 1977 book Manganese: The Other Uses as the "definitive text on the non-metallurgical uses of manganese".[citation needed]

Weiss diversified his businesses and in 1960, he founded American Minerals, Inc., of which he served as chairman until 1991. When the company merged with Premier Refractories, Inc., Weiss served as chairman of the merged entity until 1997.[7] Along with partners Charley and John Gehret, Weiss also started Premier Magnesia, the largest domestic supplier of magnesia in the United States.[8] In 2007, Premier Magnesia aligned with Giles Chemical, the largest supplier of Epsom salt in the Americas, and moved its headquarters to Waynesville, North Carolina where Giles had operated since 1954.[9]

Working with entrepreneur Ara Oztemel, Weiss also played a role in fostering trade between the United States and Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War by cutting a deal to import Soviet chromium into the United States.[10] The Soviet-American Trading Corporation was responsible for up to eighty percent of trade between the United States and the Soviet Union.[11]

Weiss invested in Harman International Industries before it went public in 1986.[12] He served on the company's board of directors for two decades.

Weiss had also invested in other companies, including Footprint Ventures – a venture capital fund based in India that is run by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Neill Brownstein and his wife, Linda – and Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, run by BENS member Bill Rouhana.[citation needed]

Anti-nuclear activism

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With the support of John Kenneth Galbraith, a liberal economist and Harvard professor, Weiss became the Business Fellow at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs for the 1977–1978 school year.[citation needed]

Based in part on his work on nuclear non-proliferation at Harvard, in 1982, Weiss founded Business Executives for National Security (BENS),[13] a non-partisan organization that represents the perspective of business leaders on national security issues.

In a February 2, 1983, interview on the Today show, host Jane Pauley asked Weiss why senior business leaders were becoming vocal about issues pertaining to nuclear war.[14] His reply later became his signature catchphrase: "Being dead is bad for business".[citation needed]

BENS initially focused largely on arms control and defense procurement. In a series of op-eds, Weiss drew attention to the dangers of nuclear proliferation and said The Pentagon was operating on outdated assessments of national security needs in justifying inefficient acquisitions and unnecessary bases. The Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Act of 1990, which helped remove pork barrel politics from the base-closing process by appointing a U.S. government commission to recommend closures, was based on a concept proposed by a BENS member.[15] BENS also influenced the passage of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.[16]

In 1994, a BENS report that twenty-six of the twenty-seven bases recommended for closure under the BRAC process remained open or had reopened with new federal tenants helped speed the bases' closures back. Weiss was invited to address the issue on CBS’ 60 Minutes, where he called the actions "political pork at its worst".[17]

Through Weiss’ leadership, BENS supported the CIA’s In-Q-Tel program, a venture capital firm to develop promising national security technologies for the CIA. He also led efforts to design a public-private partnership called the New Jersey Business Force,[18] which mobilized private corporations in natural disaster recovery efforts and was active in recovery efforts after Hurricane Sandy.[citation needed]

In 2007, Weiss stepped down as the Chairman of BENS and assumed the title of Founding Chairman. That year, Weiss received the Distinguished Civilian Service Award from the US Department of Defense.

Political advocacy

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After his Harvard fellowship, Weiss created and financed the Nuclear Information Resource Service (NIRS),[19] which provided reliable, objective information about nuclear power. During the Three Mile Island disaster, NIRS was a key source of accurate information on the situation.[20]

Weiss was a co-founder of the Citizen's Party, which was dissatisfied with the Carter administration and focused on economic democracy and solving the 1970s energy crisis. The Party recruited environmentalist Barry Commoner to run in the 1980 presidential election.[21]

In 1991, Weiss became involved in a private sector-led, not-for-profit venture to reinvent America's public schools under President George H. W. Bush's "America 2000 Initiative"; the New American Schools Development Corporation sought to create new partnerships between business and government to improve US schools. Weiss and other members proposed "break-the-mold" designs for school reform.[22] The ideas gained support within the Bush administration but failed due to opposition from the teachers’ unions.[citation needed]

Writing and publishing career

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Weiss nearly purchased the magazine Ramparts, which faced financial troubles in 1968.[23]

Weiss had written op-eds on international affairs and national security issues since 1983.[24] He had written as broadly and consistently on issues related to southeastern Asia and the Asian subcontinent the past 20 years – including Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, India – as any other American writer. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, he was a regular op-ed contributor to the International Herald Tribune.[25] His writing has also appeared in Foreign Affairs [26] the Los Angeles Times,[27] the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the Washington Times, the Washington Post, UPI, Strategic Review, and the New York Times.[28] He wrote about international affairs for The Huffington Post.[28]

Key themes in Weiss's writings include the US leadership, economics, global business, and national borders. He described himself as "an internationalist who believes the world is better off when America is out in front".[28]

Weiss had described Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a "brilliant fraud" whose actions run counter to Turkey's secular and democratic tradition, called on the US to reconsider its relationships with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and argued for a change in the US's approach to Myanmar.[29][30]

In 1998, Weiss and BENS CEO Tom McInerney published an op-ed on the hunt for Osama bin Laden. The opening line stated "the United States wants terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden dead – or alive".[31]

Former Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri, during an election campaign against Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, seized on a Yudhonoyo quote in a Weiss-written op-ed in International Herald Tribune to argue that Yudhoyono preferred the United States over Indonesia.[32]

On February 28, 2017, Weiss’ memoir titled "Being Dead is Bad for Business" was published by Disruption Books.[11]

Film and theater production

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Weiss was co-producer of Los Novios, the first musical comedy to debut in Mexico, which is based on the Broadway musical The Boy Friend.[citation needed] He was also a producer for a Mexican adaptation of The Bells Are Ringing titled Ring, Ring, Llame el Amor.[citation needed]

Weiss was the executive producer for The Hired Hand, a 1971 film starring Peter Fonda, and also appeared in it.[33][unreliable source?] He also appeared in the film.[34]

Associations

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In Mexico, Weiss came to know several participants in Mexico's vibrant art world, including Lupe Rivera, the daughter of painters Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo.[35]

Weiss frequently visited 1960s San Francisco, home of the nascent counterculture movement.[36] Weiss maintained close friendships with San Francisco journalists Herb Caen and Art Hoppe. Writers Barnaby Conrad and Herb Gold, advertising pioneers Walter Landor and Howard Gossage, as well as proctologist-turned-ventriloquist Gerry Feigen were among a group of friends who met regularly with Weiss at Trader Vic's. His closest friends were the entrepreneur Harry Hunt and attorney Bernard Petrie.[citation needed]

Weiss spent part of each year in Gstaad, Switzerland, where he befriended Galbraith, conservative National Review founder William F. Buckley, and The Spectator columnist Taki Theodoracopulos.[citation needed] Weiss also developed close friendships in Gstaad with actors Sean Connery and Roger Moore. He would later befriend Pierce Brosnan in Phuket, Thailand.[37]

In 1971, Weiss and his family moved to London. He was a member of the Garrick Club[38] and the Queen's tennis club.[citation needed]

Weiss received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Point Park College.[39] He was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Ditchley Foundation,[40] and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.[41]

Weiss had served on the Board of Visitors at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, the advisory board of the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy, and the advisory board of the International Crisis Group.[42]

References

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  1. ^ Stanley Weiss, executive who founded group monitoring defense spending, dies at 94
  2. ^ Weiss, Stanley A. (February 2017). Being Dead is Bad for Business. Disruption Books. ISBN 978-1633310124.
  3. ^ "Hiroshima Saved My Life". HuffPost. 26 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Wild and Crazy in New Hollywood". 22 November 2016.
  5. ^ a b Weiss, Being Dead is Bad for Business, 1-10.
  6. ^ "SEEKING MILITARY REFORM Ex-prospector a strategic expert". 7 December 1992.
  7. ^ "Def14a".
  8. ^ a b Weiss, Being Dead is Bad for Business, 349.
  9. ^ Hyatt, Vicki (April 3, 2024). "Rail disruption following mill closure threatened jobs at epsom salt maker". The Mountaineer.
  10. ^ a b Weiss, Being Dead is Bad for Business, 161–167.
  11. ^ a b c Johnston, David Cay (9 February 1998). "Ara Oztemel, 71, Businessman; Cultivated U.S.-Soviet Trade". The New York Times.
  12. ^ a b Weiss, Being Dead is Bad for Business, 251.
  13. ^ a b "About BENS - Our Mission and Tenets - Business Executives for National Security". 4 April 2018.
  14. ^ a b Weiss, Being Dead is Bad for Business, 322.
  15. ^ a b Weiss, Being Dead is Bad for Business, 355.
  16. ^ "Don't Let the Crisis in Ukraine Damage Decades of Progress on Nuclear Cooperation". HuffPost. 18 March 2015.
  17. ^ a b Weiss, Being Dead is Bad for Business, 356.
  18. ^ http://www.beocalliance.org/nj-business-force%5Bxxi%5D [dead link‍]
  19. ^ a b c "Hiroshima Saved My Life". HuffPost. 26 May 2016.
  20. ^ a b Weiss, Being Dead is Bad for Business, 311
  21. ^ Time (magazine)
  22. ^ http://educationnext.org/unrequited-promise/%5Bxxv%5D [dead link‍]
  23. ^ a b Weiss, Being Dead is Bad for Business, 209-221
  24. ^ http://www.inc.com/magazine/19830301/9828.html%5Bxxvii%5D [dead link‍]
  25. ^ a b Weiss, Stanley A. (28 October 1994). "Opinion | Middle East:Investment Attraction of Arms Bazaar?". The New York Times.
  26. ^ a b Weiss, Stanley A.; Heinemann, Tim (29 January 2014). "How to Invest in Myanmar". {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  27. ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. 18 August 1993.
  28. ^ a b c d "Stanley a Weiss | HuffPost". HuffPost.
  29. ^ "A Brilliant Fraud". HuffPost. 15 September 2011.
  30. ^ a b "It's Time to Send Pakistan's Army Back to the Barracks". HuffPost. 28 May 2013.
  31. ^ a b Stanley A. Weiss and Tom McInerney, "The Hunt is on For Osama Bin Laden," The Washington Times, (September 16, 1998)
  32. ^ a b Stanley A. Weiss, "Indonesia's Progress Will Continue Despite the Bombing," International Herald Tribune (Friday, August 8, 2003)
  33. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919175/ [user-generated source]
  34. ^ a b "Wild and Crazy in New Hollywood". 22 November 2016.
  35. ^ a b Weiss, Being Dead is Bad for Business, 116-117
  36. ^ a b Weiss, Being Dead is Bad for Business, 172-188
  37. ^ a b Weiss, Being Dead is Bad for Business, 265-278
  38. ^ a b Weiss, Being Dead is Bad for Business, 242
  39. ^ http://www.bens.org/Leadership/StanleyWeiss%5Bxlvii%5D [dead link‍]
  40. ^ http://americanditchley.org/advisory.htm%5Bxlviii%5D [dead link‍]
  41. ^ http://www.bens.org/Leadership/StanleyWeiss%5Bxlix%5D [dead link‍]
  42. ^ http://www.bens.org/Leadership/StanleyWeiss%5Bl%5D [dead link‍]
  43. ^ a b Weiss, Stanley A. (February 2017). Being Dead is Bad for Business. Disruption Books. ISBN 978-1633310124.
  44. ^ "Secretary Robert Gates on Export Control Reform".
  45. ^ "Clinton's Remarks at Business Executives for National Security Gala | RealClearPolitics".
  46. ^ "SEEKING MILITARY REFORM Ex-prospector a strategic expert". 7 December 1992.
  47. ^ "Def14a".
  48. ^ Weiss, Being Dead is Bad for Business, 280.
  49. ^ Stanley A. Weiss, "Chemical Weapons: A Valuable Treaty to Ratify," International Herald Tribune (September 11, 1996)
  50. ^ Stanley A. Weiss, "Don't Let The Crisis in Ukraine Damage Decades of Nuclear Cooperation," The Huffington Post (May 18, 2015)
  51. ^ Vohra, Ranbir (18 December 2014). The Making of India: A Political History. Routledge. ISBN 9781317455905.
  52. ^ http://www.beocalliance.org/nj-business-force [dead link‍]
  53. ^ Time (magazine)
  54. ^ "Unrequited Promise". 17 July 2006.
  55. ^ "Going for Broke". March 1983.
  56. ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. 18 August 1993.
  57. ^ Weiss, Stanley A. (13 July 2009). "Opinion | Water for Peace". The New York Times.
  58. ^ Weiss, Being Dead is Bad for Business, 418
  59. ^ "A Brilliant Fraud". HuffPost. 15 September 2011.
  60. ^ "It's Time to Talk About Saudi Arabia". HuffPost. 23 October 2015.
  61. ^ Time (magazine)
  62. ^ "Stanley A. Weiss". IMDb.
  63. ^ a b c "Stanley Weiss - Business Executives for National Security". 9 December 2021.
  64. ^ "The American Ditchley Foundation - the American Ditchley Foundation".
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