Background
Parr, Charles Mckew was born on November 23, 1884 in Baltimore. Son of Charles Edward and Helen B. (McKew) Parr.
Parr, Charles Mckew was born on November 23, 1884 in Baltimore. Son of Charles Edward and Helen B. (McKew) Parr.
Student United States Military Academy, 1906, Columbia, 1930. Doctor of Laws, University Bridgeport (Connecticut), 1961.
Thomas Y. Crowell Company, Parr Electric Company, Incorporated., Parr Marine & Export Corporation Special assistant to secretary of state, 1918. Foreign agent, War Trade Board, Bureau Exports Washington, 1918. Counsular service in Spain and Canary Islands, 1919.
Senior electrical consultant War Production Board, 1942.
Chairman Industry Advisory Committee, 1952.
Member Connecticut House of Representatives from Chester, 1942-1949, Connecticut Sentate from Middlesex County, 1950-1954. Donated McKew Parr Magellan collection to Brandeis University, 1961. Member American Air Force Academy Library, American, Connecticut, New Jersey library associations, John Carter Brown Library Associates, Yale Library Associates, American Geography Society, American, Deep River history societies, New Jersey History Society, Hispanic Society American, West Point Society New York, Bibliophile Society Brandeis University, Sons of the American Revolution, Maryland.
Society Colonial Wars, National Association Electrical
Distbrs. (board directors), Essex Electrical League (board directors), Newark Chamber of Commerce (board directors), Society De Geografia de Lisboa, Society Nautical Research, History Association London, Hakluyt Society London, De Linschoten-Vereeniging, Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum Biblioteca Capitular Columbina Sevelle.
Rotarian. Clubs: Essex (Newark).
Married Ruth Butler, June 22, 1916. Children: Charles McKew, Alexander Shipman, Director.