DAVID STUART PARKER

David Stuart Parker was born in Fort Huachuca, Arizona on March 22, 1919 His parents were Roscoe Stewart Blossom and Margarite Parker. He graduated from the Military Academy at West Point United States in 1940; He graduated in Civil Engineering at the University of California in 1949; and the Army War College in 1957 He married Betty Hamilton on May 2, 1942.

Parker was promoted to Second Lieutenant in the Army of the United States in 1940, and was promoted to the ranks to reach the Major General in 1967 In 1945, he was appointed to the administrative staff of Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur. From 1945 to 1945, he was Chief of the Construction Division of the Office of the Chief Engineer in Tokyo, Japan. From 1949 to 1952 he was an instructor and later professor of military topography and graphics at the Military Academy at West Point United States. From 1954 to 1956 he was Assistant to the USACE District Engineer in Portland, Oregon; 1957 to 1960 he was Head of the Strategic Planning Group of the Office of the Chief Engineer.

Parker was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1963 to 1965 From 1968 to 1969, Parker was Engineer Troop Commander in Vietnam. On 3 March 1971 he was appointed Governor of the Panama Canal Zone and worked in this position until March 23, 1975.

As Governor, Parker, he was directly involved in frequent changes and improvements, among which were the leader and the leadership necessary to develop the basis and presentations of the first toll increases in History Channel. A further change was the center of a new Marine Traffic Control, located in La Boca officially unveiled at the sixtieth anniversary of the opening of the Canal. Under his tenure, the Office of Equal Opportunity and Federal Women's Program was established.

Among his innovations in the field of personnel and organization are: assigning a Foreign Service Officer in the administration of the Canal; the appointment of a Coast Guard Officer to the Navy Office; creating a new Security Division; the creation of an educational advisory council; and a greater effort to use the Civic Council of the Canal Zone with substantial contributions in the process of decision making. Parker died on 9 May 1990.