Daniel H Weiss

Daniel H. Weiss has been the CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for eight years. He is an art historian, former college president and dean of arts and sciences. He researched and wrote this book over a decade, after reading a poem by O'Donnell and committing to telling his story, one of the 58,000 American GIs who died in the Vietnam war. He is the author of six books, including Why Museums Matter (Yale University Press, October 2022). He lives in New York City.

Daniel H. Weiss has been the CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for eight years. He is an art historian, former college president and dean of arts and sciences. He researched and wrote this book over a decade, after reading a poem by O'Donnell and committing to telling his story, one of the 58,000 American GIs who died in the Vietnam war. He is the author of six books, including Why Museums Matter (Yale University Press, October 2022). He lives in New York City. See less