Doron Weber
Doron Weber (born 1955) is an American author best known for his memoir, Immortal Bird: A Family Memoir,[1] and a foundation executive. Born on a kibbutz in Israel in 1955,[citation needed] he attended Forest Hills High School in Forest Hills, New York where he was elected senior class president. Weber is a graduate of
Immortal Bird
Weber's memoir, Immortal Bird, the portrait of a teenager's short, vibrant life and the relationship between father and son, documents the family's navigation of the complex medical journey of Doron and Shealagh Weber's first child, Damon, who was born in 1988 with a congenital heart defect. The defect, a
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Work
Since 1995, Weber has worked as a program director at the
Awards
On behalf of the Foundation, he accepted the PBS Leadership Award for over a decade of support;[13] the Nielsen Impact Award for Film from the Hollywood Reporter (2009);[8] the Council of Foundation citation for “the visionary funding decisions of foundations in using media for their program goals” for a new web series, The Secret Life of Scientists (2010);[14] and the Gold Communicator Award for a documentary about the Foundation's history, “Sloan at 75” (2011).[15] His work at Sloan has been profiled in The New York Times,[16] The Boston Globe,[17] Fortune,[18] Filmmaker Magazine,[19] and The American Way.[20] Weber also won the National Book Award's Literarian Award for Outstanding Service in 2018.[21]
Other civic work
Weber serves as President of
Publications
- Immortal Bird
- Final Passages (with Judith C. Ahronheim)
- The Complete Guide to Living Wills (with Evan R. Collins, Jr.)
- Safe Blood (with Joseph Feldschuh)
- "Sabbath's Theater". Boston Review. October–November 1995.
- “Boomers Rewrite Candidate Profiles,” LA Times, 1996
- “A Way Around Kevorkian,” USA Today, 1994
- “The Best and the Guiltiest,” The New York Times, 1993
- “BYOB,” Baltimore Sun, 1990
References
- ^ Lindbergh, Reeve (February 24, 2012). ""Immortal Bird: A Family Memoir" by Doron Weber". Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ Novogratz, Jacqueline (August 23, 2004). "The Aspen Seven You think radical change is daunting?". Fortune Magazine. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "Best of 2012: 50 notable works of nonfiction". Washington Post. November 16, 2012. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "Best Books of the Month: February 2012". Amazon. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "February 2012 Indie Next List". Indiebound. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "2013 CLSC Selections". CLSC. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "Staff Directory". Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ a b "HIFF And Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Celebrate Ten Years". Hamptons.com. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ Coakley, Jacob (17 October 2012), MTC Announces 2012 Alfred P. Sloan Commissions, retrieved 2013-01-20
- ^ "Sundance Institute and Alfred P. Sloan Mark 10th Anniversary of Collaboration" (Press release). Sundance Film Festival. January 17, 2013. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
- ^ Cohen, Patricia (6 May 2011). "Sloan Group Is Lab Partner to the Arts". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
- ^ "Sloan Science & Film". scienceandfilm.org. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
- ^ "WINNERS OF 2007 PUBLIC TELEVISION LEADERSHIP AWARD TO BE HONORED AT PBS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE". PBS News. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ Sitney, Sky. "44th Annual Film and Video Festival" (PDF). Fundfilm. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ "Communicator Awards | Winners Gallery - Award of Excellence". www.communicatorawards.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- ^ COHEN, PATRICIA (May 6, 2011). "Sloan Group Is Lab Partner to the Arts". New York Times.
- ^ "Growing a Culture: If One Foundation Has Its Way, "Copenhagen" and "A Beautiful Mind" Won't be the Only Science You See on Stage and Screen". Boston Globe. January 26, 2003.
- ^ "Teaching Science Through Entertainment". Fortune. August 23, 2004.
- ^ "The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Doron Weber". Filmmaker Magazine. September 5, 2012.
- ^ "Making Science Sexy". American Way.
- ^ "Sloan Foundation programmer to receive honorary book award". Associated Press. 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Board of Trustees". The Writers' Room. Archived from the original on 22 December 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ "Steering Committee". Digital Public Library of America. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ "Advisory Board". The Science & Entertainment Exchange. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ "Vote:Board Visitor - Doron Weber". Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ "Membership Roster". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 19 January 2013.