Myron Frederick Weiner

Morris Martin Finberg in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Mike passed away peacefully at home on July 17th, 2023 in Dallas, Texas.. Mike attended the University of Illinois at Champaign and Temple University in Philadelphia from 1951 to 1953. He took early enrollment at the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 1954 and graduated in1957. Then moved to Dallas, TX for a rotating internship at Parkland Hospital. Next,he served 2 years with the US Air Force in San Antonio, Texas. Mike returned to

Dallas and Parkland/UT Southwestern for a residency in Psychiatry. He was a faculty member at UT Southwestern for more than 50 years. The first 16 years in conjunction with a private practice, later as full-time Vice Chair of Psychiatry, and after 2013, as Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, serving as mentor and collaborator for junior faculty and trainees.

Following a fellowship from 1984-85 in Geriatrics and Adult Development at the

Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, he directed his professional

attention to old-age psychiatry and Alzheimer’s disease. He established the Geriatric

Psychiatry training program at UT Southwestern and for 15 years directed the

Clinical Core of UT Southwestern’s federally funded Alzheimer’s Disease Center.

Mike was a prolific medical writer, including authorship or co-authorship of more

than 10 books with topics on therapist disclosure and Alzheimer's disease,

culminating in his Senior Editorship of the American Psychiatric Publishing

Textbook of Alzheimer Disease, published in 2012.

Mike met Jeanette Harmon, in 1977 at the behest of a mutual friend. Their first date

was when restaurants still featured music and dancing, in addition to food. There,

while doing a slow dance, they each experienced the sensation of melting together

and both suspected this was “it.” Mike proposed several months later, and they

married in 1978.

He also enjoyed writing poems and short stories. His first poem was published while

still in high school. In his dry manner, he described himself as having moved from

adult to children’s fiction.

He is survived by sons Daniel (Karen) and Gary Weiner (Mary Anne), stepson Darrel

Harmon (Lora), stepdaughter Holly Pennett (Barry) and grandchildren Lee Weiner

(Jackie), David Weiner (Kathleen), Jack Weiner, Carly Weiner, Maddie Weiner,

Hannah Harmon, Samantha Harmon and great-grandson, Elliott Weiner.

His proudest achievements were the blending of two families and his relationships

with his grandchildren, some of whom he traveled with to visit colleges and he

communicated with them as much as possible. The visits were exhausting, but

rewarding, and strengthened bonds of mutual respect and love.

There will be a graveside ceremony on July 22, 2023 at 10am at Sparkman Hillcrest

Cemetery, 7405 Northwest Highway, Dallas 75225 officiated by Chaplain Mike Davis

of Baylor University Medical Center.

Instead of flowers, please make contributions to the UT Southwestern Alzheimer’s

Disease Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75390, c/o Office of

Development.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.Sparkman-Hillcrest.com for the Weiner family.