CHarles Deighton Parris

Background

Parris, CHarles Deighton was born on October 11, 1922 in Bridgetown, Barbados. Son of Charles Reginald and Bernal (Black) Parris.

Education

Graduate, Liverpool (England) College of Technology, 1958. Graduate, Northern Polytechnic, London, 1959. Graduate, Borough Polytechnic, London, 1960.

Career

Technical writer, television engineer, Association Rediffusion, Poulton-le-Fylde, England, 1958-1960; senior engineer, Radio Jamaica Rediffusion, 1960-1962; assistant chief engineer, Trinidad and Tobago television Company Ltd., 1962-1965; chief engineer, Trinidad and Tobago television Company Ltd., 1965-1982; general manager, Trinidad and Tobago television Company Ltd., 1980-1982; chairman, Valpark Shopping Plaza Ltd., Trinidad and Tobago, 1982-1992; television broadcast engineering consultant, Caribbean Broadcasting Company, Barbados, 1984-1987; television broadcast engineering consultant, Caribbean Comm. Network, Trinidad and Tobago, since 1990. Television broadcast consultant, Trinidad and Tobago, since 1982.

Board directors Crown PointBeach Hotel, Trinidad and Tobago.

Achievements

• CHarles Deighton Parris has been listed as a noteworthy television broadcast engineering consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Institution Electrical Engineers, Council Engineering Institutions United Kingdom, Royal television Society United Kingdom, Association Professional Engineers Trinidad and Tobago, International Solar Society, Planetary Society, St. James Tennis Club.

Interests

• Avocations: lawn tennis, solar energy utilization.

Connections

Married Erma Elizabeth Harriott, November 23, 1963 (divorced 1972). Children: Deighton Keith, Selena Dawn.

Father:

Charles Reginald Parris

Mother:

Bernal (Black) Parris

Spouse:

Erma Elizabeth Harriott

child:

Selena Dawn Parris

child:

Deighton Keith Parris