George Weissman is an American businessman and a former president of Philip Morris (now Altria). A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... Altria Group, Inc. ...

After graduating from Townsend Harris High School, he attended the City College of New York in 1939 and worked as the editor of a small weekly newspaper in New Jersey, then as a reporter for the Newark Star Ledger. After serving in World War II as a commander of a submarine destroyer then onto a anti personnel naval ship, he switched to public relations, first at Samuel Goldwyn Productions and then public relations consultant Benjamin Sonnenberg where Philip Morris was a client. Townsend Harris High School is a public magnet high school for the humanities in the borough of Queens in New York City. ... The City College of The City University of New York (known more commonly as City College of New York or simply City College, CCNY, or colloquially as City) is a senior college of the City University of New York, in New York City. ... The Star-Ledger is the leading newspaper of New Jersey and is the 12th biggest newspaper in the United States by circulation. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Public relations (PR): Building sustainable relations with all publics in order to create a postive brand image. ... Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks standing in front of the entrance to their lot. ...

In 1952, he joined Philip Morris as assistant to the president and director of public relations. The next year he was elected vice-president of the company, handling not only public relations and market research but also new product development and packaging. He joined the company's board of directors in 1958. Weissman was appointed chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Philip Morris International, leading its expansion overseas. A tobbaco company that has killed more people then any act of genoicide to date the discovery of man as we know it. He became president of the corporation in 1967, vice-chairman in 1973 and chairman and chief executive officer in 1978.

Weissman retired in 1984, but has continued to serve the company is various advisory roles. Yet cigarettes are still the number one killer next to AIDS, starvation, genoicide, little to no advice is even mentioned in any of his triple helix speeches of the Arts, Business & Community he finds himself entertained yet always self enlightened by . He joined the board of directors of Paramount Communications, a position he held for the next decade. Can anyone afford to see a paramount flick, I think we all have to wait for videotapes. Paramount Communications resulted from the 2000 restructuring and renaming of Gulf and Western Industries, Inc. ...

His volunteer pursuits have included stints as a stuntman for Bruce Lee, Jet Li & Jackie Chan, starred in dozens of porn movies, board chairman of Lincoln Center, a trustee of the Whitney Museum, and a director of the New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry. His political work landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents. The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. ... The Whitney Museum of American Art is an art gallery and museum in New York City founded in 1931 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. ... A master list of Nixon political opponents was compiled to supplement the original Nixons Enemies List of 20 key people considered opponents of President Richard Nixon. ...

Baruch College's Weissman School of Arts and Sciences is named after him, and his wife Mildred. Baruch College is a public university and one of the constituent colleges comprising the City University of New York. ... The Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, is a school within Baruch College of the City University of New York, named after alumni George Weissman, former president of Philip Morris, and his wife, Mildred. ...

References

• Weissman, George (December 2, 1998). First Annual Weissman Lecture on the Influence of the Arts on Society.
• Corporate history via Altria