Dr. Arthur Weiss

Aug 26, 1920 - Oct 15, 2003

COLUMBIA - A graveside services for Dr. Arthur I. Weiss, 83, will be held at noon Friday in Lou Pollock Memorial Park, Asheville, N.C. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Beth Shalom Synagogue. After services the family will be at the home. The family has asked that in lieu of flowers, gifts be made in Dr. Weiss's honor to Quinton Lane Recreation Center, Babcock Center, c/o Judy Johnson, P.O. Box 3817, Columbia, SC 29230, or Ronald McDonald House, c/o Dorothy Mahoney, 501 George Street, New Haven, CT 06519. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, is in charge.

Dr. Weiss passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 following a prolonged illness. Born in South Bend, Ind., in 1920, his career as a Speech Pathologist spanned several decades both in Columbia and in Spartanburg County. He was the first director of the Spartanburg Speech and Hearing Clinic; spearheaded a testing program for these disorders in grade school students; was instrumental in the development of the Charles Lea Center which became the nation's model for training and rehab for handicapped children. He served as its director for five years.

In 1968 Weiss became educational psychology professor at the University of South Carolina and was named Professor Emeritus upon his retirement in 1988. During his career, Weiss was a lifelong member of the American Association of Mental Retardation and the American Speech - Language - Hearing Association. He is credited with a number of publications, articles, papers and studies which have appeared in research journals. Additionally his film, "Parental Perspectives," has been viewed on television and in schools within the United States and abroad. From 1976 until the present date, Dr. Weiss was honored with awards and appointments by 5 South Carolina Governors, and was the recipient of the coveted Order of Palmetto in 1990.

Dr. Weiss is survived by his wife, Aileen; children, Guy and Sindy Marvin of Atlanta, Vicki Weiss of Columbia, and Anne Weiss of Charleston; two sisters, Lillian Roland of South Bend, Ind., and Lee Leeds of Encino, Calif

Sources: Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com and FindAGrave.com

04/08/2025 EJS

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