Charles Weiss, Ph.D.

Biographical Sketch

CHARLES S. (CHICK) WEISS, PH.D. received the B.S. degree (1970) from the University of Scranton and the Ph.D. (1974) in physiological psychology and neurobiology from Ohio University. He was an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow in Neuroscience at Colgate University and a Research Fellow at the Brain Research Laboratory at Syracuse University (1974-75).

Chick joined the faculty of the Department of Psychology at College of the Holy Cross in 1975, is an Associate Professor, and chaired the Department from 1984 to 1989. From 1981 to 1983, he was Fellow and Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine where he re-trained in human neuropsychology and behavioral neurology. Chick served as the Holy Cross Coordinator of Grants and Research (1989-95) and is now Director of the Office of Grants and Corporate and Foundation Giving.

He is the institutional officer on the College’s Human Subjects Committee, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Scholarly Misconduct Committee and Intellectual Property and Patent Committee. Chick is also currently the Project Shepherd for the College's $65 million science building project. He has been a participant, writer, editor and panelist for Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL), reviews proposals for the National Science Foundation and has authored 20 scholarly papers and delivered over 40 professional presentations and training sessions. Chick has written many successful proposals and coordinated projects to improve education and infrastructure of the College’s arts, humanities and sciences. He is involved in the funding and operation of programs which link Holy Cross and Worcester (especially the Worcester Public Schools and Nativity School of Worcester).

Chick is a past Chair of the Board of Directors of Children’s Friend in Worcester and was Co-chair of its successful 150th Anniversary Capital Campaign. He serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Central Massachusetts Chapter of the American Red Cross and was a member of its Capital Campaign and Strategic Planning Steering Committees. He is a six-gallon blood donor. Chick is a founding Trustee of the Beverly School, a school for disadvantaged youngsters that will open outside of Nairobi, Kenya in 2009. He is founding Trustee and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Nativity School of Worcester, an all-scholarship middle school for economically disadvantaged boys.

Chick lives in Holden, MA with his wife Gayle, who is Vice President and Chief of Litigation for Unum US (a “Fortune 200” company), and son Joe, a member of the rock band “Four Year Strong,” under contract to “I Surrender Records” and “Decaydance Records” and touring the nation and the world (see: www.myspace.com/fouryearstrong).  They are avid skiers and sailors.