Alex Weitz

1940 - 2025

Alex Weitz
Alexander Weitz, 84, husband, father and grandfather, died Thursday, March 6 at home after suffering from a series of increasingly difficult medical challenges for years.
Dr. Weitz received his B. Chem E. degree from City College of New York in 1964, and then took a job at GE in Schenectady, NY. After marrying the former Susan Frank in 1965, he began studies that resulted in earning his doctorate in materials science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1973.
He and Susan moved to Midland for his research job at Dow Corning Corp. He became a patent agent in 1984, and was admitted to the bar of the US Patent and Trademark Office in 1986. He retired in 2001.
But retirement was short-lived as he joined Novinium, Inc, a startup in Kent, WA, where he became patent manager. He retired again in 2015.
He was born in 1940 in Horodenka, Poland, now probably a part of Ukraine, as World War II was starting. At the age of 9 he came to the US with his mother-his father having died-and began the job of learning English and becoming a good student.
In addition to his wife Susan he leaves two sons, Jonathan Weitz (Jessica) of Brooklyn, NY, and Jordan Weitz, of San Diego, CA, and two grandchildren, Ethan and Gemma, both at home in Brooklyn.
Funeral services will be at Temple Beth Emeth at 2309 Packard St., Ann Arbor, at 11 a.m. Thursday. The funeral will be available on Zoom at https://templebethemeth.zoom.us/j/86125991260. Burial will be in Washtenong Cemetery, 3771 Whitmore Lake Road, Ann Arbor. More information on irakaufman.com.
In lieu of flowers, the family is suggesting memorial donations to RPI's annual fund, 110 8th Street, Chasan Building, 2nd Floor, Troy, NY 12180-3590 or to Delta College Public Media, 1961 Delta Rd., University Center, MI 48710.