# Samuel Weissman

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For the American chemist and professor, see [Samuel Isaac Weissman](/source/Samuel_Isaac_Weissman).

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**Samuel Weissman** (December 11, 1909 - February 7, 2004)[1] was a long time *[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)* employee. He worked as the supervisor of indexers at the Times.

## Family

Weissman was married to his wife for 58 years. He had a son named Paul and a daughter-in-law named Lourdes. He also had two grandchildren, Gabriel and Julian.[2]

## Career

He worked for *The New York Times* from August 1935 until his retirement in January 1978.[2]

## Controversy

He was one of 26 *New York Times* employees implicated by [Winston Burdett](/source/Winston_Burdett) in his testimony before the [Senate Internal Security Subcommittee](/source/Senate_Internal_Security_Subcommittee) during its investigation into Communism in the media. Weissman testified in Jan. 1956 after being subpoenaed in November of the preceding year. In his testimony he denied present Communist Party membership but invoked the Fifth Amendment when asked about past affiliations with the party.

## Death

Weissman died February 7, 2004, at the age of 94.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Samuel Weissman"](https://www.fold3.com/record/5881645-samuel-weissman). Fold3. Retrieved May 9, 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nytimes_obituary_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nytimes_obituary_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-nytimes_obituary_2-2) ["Paid Notice: Deaths WEISSMAN, SAMUEL"](https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/25/classified/paid-notice-deaths-weissman-samuel.html). *New York Times*. 25 February 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2013.

[*Time Magazine* article](https://web.archive.org/web/20070930121928/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,861830-1,00.html)

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