Arnold Jacob Weber ’47

Arnold Jacob Weber ’47 died September 29, 2013, of heart disease in Dallas. He grew up in Brighton, Massachusetts, and attended Boston Latin School. He enlisted in the Navy V-5 program and was assigned to Dartmouth. In college he majored in economics and served on the Interdormitory Council. He trained as a Navy pilot from 1943 to 1945 and returned to graduate in 1948. After attending Boston University and spending several years in journalism, he joined the family business manufacturing men’s shifts. In 1959 he invented and introduced a line of men’s knit shifts. He filed for a patent for his mixture of cotton and synthetic fibers. He sold the business to the Arrow Shirt Co. in 1967. In 1972 he changed occupations when he moved to Dallas, where he built and repaired tennis courts. His business was a success, and he built courts for Southern Methodist University, the Dallas Cowboys and Martina Navratilova when she lived in Dallas. He retired in 1998 after heart surgery. In retirement he became involved, pro bono, in child development organizations. He is survived by his wife and five children.