Verne Weed

Overview

Verne Weed born Columbus, IN April 4, 1909 (d. 1986). Radical social worker; Hunter College professor; anti-Apartheid protester; headed Connecticut Children's Services. Opposed Vietnam War; harassed as Communist. Along with Thomas Mann, Picasso, and Chagall, signed Stockholm Peace Appeal for absolute ban on nuclear weapons, 1950.

Quotations

"I have done what I could for peace." (Feb. 26, 1957, House Un-American Committee hearing)