Weeks, Mangum, 1895-1977

Mangum Weeks (1895-1977), a white government lawyer, worked at the State Department, U.S. Tax Court, Farm Loan Board, War Department, and at the Department of Justice, where he handled claims relating to the forced relocation of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Weeks was active in several historic preservation groups, including the Alexandria Association for Historic Preservation, and in birding organizations, including the Northern Virginia Ornithological Society.

Mangum Weeks was born in Washington, D.C. He was a 1915 graduate of the University of North Carolina and held advanced degrees from Johns Hopkins and Harvard University. He was married to Josephine Schaefer Weeks and had a sister, Sallie Preston Weeks Leach.