In Loving Memory
The Campaign for Stuyvesant/ Alumni(ae) & Friends Endowment Fund, Inc.
P.O. 2626
Peter Stuyvesant Station
New York, NY 10009
Office
610 West 115th Street
New York, NY 10025-7771
(212) 222-9112
Paul M. Weichsel, PhD ’49
Chairman
Paul started the Class of '49 Fund with The Campaign for Stuyvesant when he led the very successful 50th Anniversary Reunion at the school. He was the Commencement Speaker for the Class of 1999 graduation ceremonies at Lincoln Center, and went on to be one of the leading spokespersons for the Endowment Fund nationwide. In April 2002, Paul was elected as the first Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Paul graduated from CCNY, NYU, and CalTech. He is Professor Emeritus at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and was Associate Chairman of the Math Department, there for the last ten years. Paul held visiting appointments at Oxford University, Australian National University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, and Weizmann Institute of Science. A noted algebraist and combinatorialist, Paul has done research in Finite Group Theory and Algebraic Graph Theory. Paul was the Mathematics consultant to the National Coordinating Center for Curriculum Development at SUNY-Stony Brook, funded by the Sloan Foundation.
Paul was active in fundraising for the University of Illinois Foundation. He is former Co-Chair of the Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation and the Jewish Community Relations Council. He also helped develop interfaith and Yiddish cultural groups. In 2002, Paul was Co-Chairman and keynote speaker for the "Private Funding for Public Education Conference" at Columbia University.
Professional Website: http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~weichsel/