J. Fred Weintz was born in New York City and attended Norwich University. After stateside service in the U.S. Army's Air Forces during World War II- as a radio operator and mechanic on B-26 medium bombers-he received his A.B. in economics from Stanford University in 1948 and his M.B.A. from Harvard. Mr. Weintz spent the majority of his career at Goldman Sachs Group, L.P., in New York City. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1951 and served as a general partner, responsible for marketing investment banking services, from 1965 to 1984. Currently, Mr. Weintz is a trustee of Norwich University and chair of the investment committee; trustee, Harbor Lights Foundation; fellow, Foreign Policy Association; member, Advisory Council for Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health; trustee, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, New York City; and Trustee, National Lighthouse Museum, Staten Island, N.Y. An active Stanford volunteer, Mr. Weintz served on the Board of Trustees from 1985 to 1995 and has been on the Stanford in Washington Council since 1990. In 1992 he received the university's prestigious Gold Spike Award for his volunteer fundraising service