Edward Weitzner

Edward Weitzner, 75, beloved husband of Susan, died suddenly at his home. Known as “Fast Eddie” to some and “Dog Man” to others, Ed was a longtime resident of Vienna, Virginia. He was a native New Yorker raised in Forest Hills, and he cherished his childhood memories of Brooklyn Dodgers baseball games. Enlisting in the Navy after high school, Ed trained as a sonar technician. In the midst of the Cold War, his military service included guard duty on a beach in Key West during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Ed later earned a bachelor’s degree in physics, which fueled a lifelong interest in physical oceanography and environmental studies. He met his wife of 36 years when she was a Navy officer and he was a civilian assigned to Naval Facility Keflavik Iceland.

Ed’s distinguished 45-year career included Navy research on sonar and ocean acoustic surveillance systems, anti-submarine warfare operations and tactics, and ocean system performance modeling. He also conducted Arctic environmental assessments for the U.S. Department of Defense, for which he was recognized with an Arctic-themed Oceanographer & Navigator of the Navy/Task Force Climate Change coin for work as co-author of the U.S. Navy’s Arctic Roadmap 2015–2030.

Ed will be sorely missed by friends, colleagues, and family across the country. He was intensely devoted to animal rescue, adopting and spoiling the ten luckiest dogs on God’s green earth.

Fond memories of Ed and expressions of condolences may be shared at www.moneyandking.com. His ashes will be buried at sea per his request.

For those wishing to honor Ed’s memory, the family suggests a contribution to Best Friends Animal Society or Ocean Conservancy.

“…that best portion of a good man’s life: his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” —William Wordsworth

Memorial Contributions

Best Friends Animal Society

5001 Angel Canyon Road

Kanab, Utah 84741-5000

435.644.2001

https://bestfriends.org/

Ocean Conservancy

1300 19th Street, NW, 8th Floor

Washington, DC 20036-1653

800-519-1541

https://oceanconservancy.org/