Background
Weeks, Roland was born on July 8, 1936 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.
Weeks, Roland was born on July 8, 1936 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Clemson U., 1958.
Sales engineer, Metal Products, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina., 1961-1963; management trainee, then business manager, Columbia Newspapers, Inc. publications, The State and Columbia (South Carolina.) Record newspapers, 1963-1968; president, public, Gulf Public Company, Inc. public, Biloxi-Gulfport (Mississippi) Sun Herald, since 1968.
President Pine Burr area council Boy Scouts American, 1980. Chairman Mississippi Board Corrections, 1982-1988. Served to First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1958-1961.
Member American Newspaper Association, Southern Newspaper Publications Association (president 1981), Young President Organisation, Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce (president 1989).