Background
Weeks, David Frank was born on September 9, 1926 in Salt Lake City. Son of Frank Harold and Myrtle June (Larsen) Weeks.
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David Frank Weeks
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Student, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1945. Student, University Texas, 1946. Bachelor of Science (Union Pacific Carl Raymond Gray scholar), University Idaho, Moscow, 1949.
HHD (honorary), University Louisville, Kentucky, 1993.
Career
President, Association Students U. Idaho, 1948-1949;
announcer, Station KBIO, Burley, Idaho., 1949;
Idaho representative, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Boise, 1949-1953;
assistant to national director fund raising, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, New York City, 1953-1957;
assistant national director, March of Dimes, New York City, 1957-1959;
account executive, Kersting, Brown & Company. New York City, 1959-1961;
executive director, Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York City, 1961-1970;
executive vice president, Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York City, 1970-1983;
president, Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York City, since 1983;
president, trustee, RPB Endowment Fund Inc., New York City, since 1988;
member borough county, Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, 1966-1968;
mayor, Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus, 1968-1975;
consumer representative subcommittee ophthalmic prostheses, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1976-1979. Consultant Bureau Medical Devices, Food and Drug Administration, 1977-1980.
Member of national advisory eye county National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 1985-1990. Trustee Oklahoma Eye Foundation, 1988-1992.
Achievements
Membership
Member Ho-Ho-Kus Planning Board, 1962-1965, chairman, 1965. Member Zoning Board, 1975-1985, Bergen County (New Jersey) Ethics Board, 1977-1982. Founder, president Ho-Ho-Kus Republican Club, 1983-1986.
Served with United States Navy, 1944-1946. Member Association Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (honorary), Pan American Ophthalmol. Association (associate), American Society Association Executives, International Association Eye Research, Bergen County Mayors Association (president 1975-1977), American Tentative Society (treasurer and trustee 1974-1994, vice president 1982-1994), Association University Professors Ophthalmology (honorary), Metropolitan Club.
Connections
Married Betty Alice Tellin, August 14, 1949. Children: David Rice, Clayton Frank.
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American
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Recipient Bronze Palm Eagle Scout award Boy Scouts American, 1941, Distinguished Public Service award American Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, 1976, certified of recognition Johns Hopkins University Schools Medicine, Hygiene and Public Health, 1984, National Vision Research Leadership award Association University Professors Ophthalmology, 1989, Distinguished Service award Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions-Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, 1989, Distinguished Service award American Academy Ophthalmology, 1995. Named Kentucky colonel, 1969, University of Idaho Alumni Hall of Fame award, 1992.Recipient Bronze Palm Eagle Scout award Boy Scouts American, 1941, Distinguished Public Service award American Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, 1976, certified of recognition Johns Hopkins University Schools Medicine, Hygiene and Public Health, 1984, National Vision Research Leadership award Association University Professors Ophthalmology, 1989, Distinguished Service award Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions-Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, 1989, Distinguished Service award American Academy Ophthalmology, 1995. Named Kentucky colonel, 1969, University of Idaho Alumni Hall of Fame award, 1992.