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museum executive

John Wingate Weeks, former museum executive. Decorated Purple Heart, Bronze Star. Trustee Escuela Agrícola Pan Americana, Honduras. Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Numismatic Association, Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association (trustee, vice president).

Background

Weeks, John Wingate was born on June 12, 1920 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Sinclair and Beatrice (Dowse) Weeks.

Education

Graduate, Milton (Massachusetts) Academy, 1939; student, Harvard, 1939-1942.

Career

With, First National Bank Boston, 1945-1948; director, First National Bank Boston, 1964-1967; president, Compañ+289a Azucarera Soledad (S.A.), Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1954-1960; vice Chairman of the Board, Central Aguirre Sugar Company, Boston, 1962-1967; president, Central Aguirre Sugar Company, 1965-1967; also deputy director, Museum of Science, Boston, 1967-1981. Board directors Reed & Barton Corporation.

Achievements

  • John Wingate Weeks has been listed as a noteworthy museum executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Escuela Agrícola Pan Americana, Honduras. Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Numismatic Association, Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association (trustee, vice president).

Connections

Married Katharine W. Claflin, July 11, 1942. Children— Katharine, Martha, John, David, Sinclair, Stephen, Robert.

Father:
Sinclair Weeks

Mother:
Beatrice (Dowse) Weeks

Spouse:
Katharine W. Claflin

child:
Robert Weeks

child:
Sinclair Weeks

child:
David Weeks

child:
Stephen Weeks

child:
John Weeks

child:
Martha Weeks

child:
Katharine Weeks