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.
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.