L. Austin and Marta S. Weeks are among the University of Miami's most distinguished long-time benefactors. In addition to the L. Austin Weeks Center for Recording and Performance, they have provided gifts for a diverse range of projects that include the Lewis G. Weeks Chair in Geology, given by Marta in memory of her father-in-law, and the L. Austin Weeks Chair in Urologic Research at the School of Medicine. Their youngest child, Leslie Anne Davies, was awarded a Bachelor of Science in education from the University of Miami in 1985 and is herself a major supporter of the Human Performance Research Laboratory in the School of Education.

The late L. Austin Weeks was a retired petroleum geologist and former director of Weeks Petroleum Ltd., a Bermuda-based company founded by his father, Lewis G. Weeks. He was vice president of Weeks Air Museum at Tamiami Airport, which was founded by his son, Kermit. Mr. Weeks had many diverse interests, ranging from nature and animal photography to classical music.

A member of the University of Miami's Board of Trustees, Marta Sutton Weeks is an Episcopal priest. She is an active member of many South Florida organizations, a founding member and former president of the Stanford Club of Florida, a former trustee of Beliot College, a trustee associate of the American Association of Petroleum Geologoists, a former director of Weeks Petroleum, and a director of the Weeks Air Museum.