Dave is survived by his brothers Art and Yohanan (John) Weininger. It’s well worth your time to read them all-it’s not often that someone like Dave comes along.ĭavid WeiningerPhD, born 5-August-1952 in Brooklyn, NY, died 2-November-2016 in Santa Fe, NM.
I consider myself to have been little more than an acquaintance however, the recollections that follow come from four of his close friends and colleagues and tell at least portions of the story of Dave from four different angles. The JCAMD community was deeply saddened by Dave’s demise. I never knew him to back away from a discussion or to be without thoughtful comments. I was always struck by his thoughtfulness and insight. I had the honor of knowing Dave and having some great conversations with him. But, if you know someone who has done all of them (and many more) then you knew David Weininger.
It’s seldom we meet anyone who has done any one of these. Have you known anyone who landed one of their planes on a Los Angeles freeway? Or, do you know anyone who bought a Mount Palomar telescope, transported it 900 miles, and installed it in their backyard (after building an observatory, of course)? Maybe you know someone who set up a chemistry lab at home and developed a procedure to remove xanthine derivatives from chocolate so that allergic friends could enjoy a treat? How about someone who meets high level, coat-and-tie executives at major pharmaceutical companies while wearing jeans, sandals and a tee shirt and was still able to make big deals? Lived in a barge in New Orleans? Or, perhaps you know someone who in short order turned a difficult technical task into a straightforward easy-to-use approach that is now used worldwide and revolutionized the field of cheminformatics?
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