Jack has held designer positions at Low’s Incorporated, Chicago, and at the architectural firm of Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo Associates, Hamden, CT. He was vice president of Blake & Weiss for ten years prior to forming Jack Weiss Associates in 1977.

He is a past president and fellow of the Society of Typographic Arts, co-founder, past president, and director emeritus of the Chicago Design Archive and former chairman of the 27 Chicago Designers. He is a founding member, past president, and director emeritus of Design Evanston and former vice chair of Evanston’s Preservation Commission. In 2014 he was presented the Mayor’s Award for the Arts for his long commitment to the arts in Evanston.

Jack has served on the design faculties of the Institute of Design, IIT and Columbia College Chicago. He received a BS with distinction from the Institute of Design, IIT and a BFA and MFA from the School of Art & Architecture at Yale University.

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