Gus W. Weiss

Gus W. Weiss was a White House policy adviser on technology, intelligence and economic affairs who worked primarily on national security, intelligence and concerns on technology transfers to communist countries.

Education

Weiss graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He received his MBA from Harvard University and taught at NYU where he also received a PhD in economics.^[1]

Career

Under Presidents
U.S. National Security Council.^[2]

Under
Pentagon Defense Science Board and also of the US Intelligence Board.^[2]

The Farewell Dossier

Weiss was also one of the people that worked on the

massive fire near the Urengoi starting point of the Trans-Siberian Pipeline in 1983 that could be seen from space.^[3]

Death

Weiss died on November 25, 2003

Watergate building in Washington, DC. The local medical examiner ruled his death a suicide, according to The Washington Post.^[7] The Post obituary, which came twelve days after the fact, was the first local report that Weiss had died. It gave no reason for the suicide determination. The Post published its Weiss obituary six days after his hometown newspaper, the Nashville Tennessean, had reported his death.^[8] The Tennessean did not know the cause of death. He was 72 years old.^[9]

References

^ "Gus W. Weiss, 72; White House Adviser". Washington Post Obituary. December 7, 2003. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
^ ^a ^b Holly Edwards (December 1, 2003). "Nashville native Gus Weiss, adviser to 4 presidents, dies". The Tennessean. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
^
The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race
. p. 35.
^ Safire, William (February 2, 2004), "The Farewell Dossier", New York Times
^ The New York Times, December 1, 2003;
^ The Independent, September 17, 2009
^ The Independent, September 17, 2009; The Washington Post, December 7, 2003
^ The Tennessean, December 7, 2003
^ "Gus W. Weiss, 72; White House Adviser". Washington Post Obituary. December 7, 2003. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2013.

External links

[1] "Gus W. Weiss, 72; White House Adviser". Washington Post Obituary. December 7, 2003. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2011.

[Tennessean-2] Holly Edwards (December 1, 2003). "Nashville native Gus Weiss, adviser to 4 presidents, dies". The Tennessean. Retrieved May 20, 2017.

[Hoffman-3] 
The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race
. p. 35.

[Safire2004-4] Safire, William (February 2, 2004), "The Farewell Dossier", New York Times

[5] The New York Times, December 1, 2003;

[6] The Independent, September 17, 2009

[7] The Independent, September 17, 2009; The Washington Post, December 7, 2003

[8] The Tennessean, December 7, 2003

[9] "Gus W. Weiss, 72; White House Adviser". Washington Post Obituary. December 7, 2003. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2013.

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