Oscar Weeks
Oscar Weeks was graduated from Hillsborouglt High School in 1948 and served a three-year term with the US Marines. He took part in the Inchon Invasion in September 1950 and was wounded December 3, 1950.
In the meantime his father had been pioneering as the first distributor for Ernest Holmes Company and the first ever to order wrecker bodies by the carload. Upon discharge from the Marines in 1951, Oscar joined the firm and became its president when it was incorporated in 1963. Weeks Equipment, with Oscar Sr. and Oscar Jr., has been one of the major factors in the growth of the towing and recovery industry through the establishment and successful operation of a retailing agency. In 1986 Oscar sold Weeks Equipment and now owns Weeks Hydraulics in Tampa.
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HALL OF FAME NOMINEE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Tow Equipment/Product Innovation
Innovation of a product sold in the marketplace that has helped move the industry forward. Candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of service to the industry.
Exemplary Dedication
Candidate must have 20 years running a towing business in an outstanding and exemplary manner, promoting a positive image of the towing industry and have positive relations with the community, i.e., performing services for the community about and beyond the services for hire. Limit: One inductee per year.
Industry Leadership
Leadership involved with an outstanding project that has had a dynamic and lasting effect on the towing industry. Candidate must have minimum 10 years service to the towing industry.
Professional Achievement
Creating a product or service of any kind that has had a significant and lasting effect on thousands of towing professionals. Candidate Must have a minimum of 10 years to the industry.