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 DukeMed Alumni News
Summer 2008
In Brief:
Weeks Elected Trustee of The Duke Endowment
Kenneth Weeks Jr.
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Kenneth Durham Weeks Jr., MD’74, a
cardiologist with Mid Carolina Cardiology in
Huntersville, N.C., has been elected to The
Duke Endowment Board of Trustees.
Board Chairman Russell M. Robinson II
says Weeks’ “medical expertise and distinguished
military service will add valuable
perspective to our work, particularly in
health care.”
A recipient of the Army Commendation
and two Meritorious Service Medals, Weeks
achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel in
the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He began
his professional career as a cardiologist at
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, later
serving as director of interim training, assistant
chief of medicine and instructor in
cardiology.
Weeks received his bachelor’s degree
from Davidson College. In 1984 he
moved to Charlotte and co-founded Mid
Carolina Cardiology in 1988. He has
served Charlotte’s Presbyterian Hospital in
multiple roles including chief of staff and
NovantHealth board member.
In 2003 he was elected to the Davidson
College Board of Trustees. He also serves
on the advisory council for UNC-Charlotte’s
Center for Professional and Applied Ethics
and is in the Leaders Circle of United Way
of Central Carolinas.
Duke recognized him in 2005 with the
Charles A. Dukes Award for outstanding
volunteer service. He also has received
the President’s Special Award from the
Mecklenburg County Medical Society, the
Davidson College Alumni Service Award,
and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army
Medical Center’s Clifford Power Memorial
Award for medical teaching.
Weeks’ father, the late Kenneth Durham
Weeks, MD’39, was a Duke medical alumnus
and served on the Duke University Board of
Trustees from 1980-83. Weeks is married to
the former Rebecca Bartholomew, and they
have three children—Katherine, Rebecca, and
Kenneth III, T’04.
The Duke Endowment, headquartered
in Charlotte, seeks to fulfill the legacy of
James B. Duke by improving lives and communities
in the Carolinas through higher
education, health care, rural churches, and
children’s services. With assets of over $3
billion, the endowment has given more
than $2.2 billion in grants since its inception
in 1924.
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