- Born in The Bronx, New York in 1953; son of Paul E. and Martha K. Wiita
- One sister, Christine
- Married Brinda Umberkoman in 1978
- We have two sons:
- Arun P. Wiita (born in 1980) received his Ph.D. in Neurobiology and Behavior in 2007 and his M.D. in 2009 from Columbia University and completed a residency and post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco in 2012. He is currently an Assistant Professor at UCSF.
- He received his A.B. in Chemistry from Princeton University in 2002.
- Arun married the lovely Ann My Thai in May 2009.
- They have an adorable son, Marko, born in 2012.
- Neil M. Wiita (born in 1985) received his bachelor’s degree in architecture from Princeton University in 2007 and, after working for one of his ex-professors, completed a Master of Architecture degree at The University of California, Berkeley, in 2012. He is currently employed at Kliment-Halsband Architects in New York.
- Favorite sport: Squash
- Favorite reading: The New Republic, The New Yorker
- Favorite music: The Lobster and the Tree
