Background
Weekes, Leroy Randolph was born on January 17, 1913 in Atlantic City. Son of Oneida and Randolph Weekes.
Weekes, Leroy Randolph was born on January 17, 1913 in Atlantic City. Son of Oneida and Randolph Weekes.
Bachelor of Science, Howard University, 1935. Doctor of Medicine, Howard University, 1939.
Intern Provident Hospital, Chicago, 1939-1940. Resident General-Burrell Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia, 1940-1941. Resident in obstetrics and gynecology Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, 1940-1941, 1946-1948.
Obstetrician, gynecologist Taylor Medical Group, Los Angeles, Julian W. Ross Medical Center, Los Angeles, president, chairman. Senior attending physician, consultant, chairman obstetrics and gynecology Queen of Angels Hospital. Senior attending physician, consultant West Adams Hospital.
Senior attending staff Los Angeles County-University Southern California Medical Center. Attending physician Martin Luther King, Junior Hospital. Clinical professor obstetrics and gynecology, emeritus professor University Southern California Medical School.
Professor obstetrics and gynecology Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School, also chairman board.
President, Los Angeles Urban League, 1961-1964. Board trustees Howard University, Washington. Member executive board Stovall Home for Senior Citizens.
Member Los Angeles County Medical Society, California Medical Association, American Medical Association, Charles Drew Medical Society, National Medical Association, Los Angeles Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, American Red Cross (member executive board), Los Angeles County Cancer Society, American Fertility Society (chairman memorial committee, honorary vice president), American Society Clinical Oncology, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Merit award Los Angeles branch 1980), Alpha Omega Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Sigma Pi Phi Lodges: Elks.
Married Sylvia M.; children– Wenda Lee Weekes Moore, Antia Weeks Hibler, Lee Randolph, Gerald Wilson, Beryl Lynne Weekes Smith.