Background
Parks, Charles Wellman was born on March 22, 1863 in Woburn, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Granville and Elizabeth A. Parks.
Parks, Charles Wellman was born on March 22, 1863 in Woburn, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Granville and Elizabeth A. Parks.
Civil Engineer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1884. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia Law School, 1899. Doctor of Laws, George Washington University, 1921.
Served as chief engineer Denver, Memphis & Atlantic Railway, and electrical engineer Electrical Manufacturing Company, Troy, New New York Head department of physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 9 years Commissioned civil engineer United States Navy, rank of ensign, July 19, 1897.
Promoted through grades to rear admiral, January 11, 1918.
Retired December, 1921.
Served as chief engineer Denver, Memphis & Atlantic Railway, and electrical engineer Electrical Manufacturing Company, Troy, New New York Served with Bureau Yards and Docks, Navy Department, Spanish-American War, 1898.
Married Mission M. B. Frear, April.