Background
Parkin, George Raleigh was born on February 25, 1896 in Toronto, Canada. Son of Sir George Robert and Annie Connell (Fisher) Parkin.
Parkin, George Raleigh was born on February 25, 1896 in Toronto, Canada. Son of Sir George Robert and Annie Connell (Fisher) Parkin.
Student Winchester College, 1909-1912, Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, 1913-1914. Bachelor of Arts, Balliol College, University of Oxford, 1922.
Associate with investment department of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, Montreal, since 1922, supervisor British and foreign section of investment department since 1940. Supervisor British and foreign investments, 1945-1977, assistant treasurer, 1945-1958, associate treasurer, 1958-1961. Coordinator development and extension Arctic Institute of North America, 1961-1977.
Served as lieutenant sixth battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, 1914-1915, Gallipoli, 1915, Canadian, Field Artillery, England and France, 1916-1917, Royal Engineers Signal Service, France, 1917-1919. Member Canadian delegation to Institute of Pacific Relations Conference, Yosemite, California, 1936, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1939. Member Harris Foundation Conference, University of Chicago, 1941.
Trustee Institute of Current World Affairs, New York City.
Governor, Arctic Institute of North.A., 1945-1946. Member Canadian Institute International Affairs, Canadian Political Science Association.
Clubs: Century (New York City).
Married Louise Margaret Gaselee Cockburn, October 15, 1927. Children: Elizabeth Stevenson, Jane Cockburn.