Background
Parker, Edward Foster was born on January 31, 1883 in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. Son of Robert Sheldon and Susan (Thomas) Parker.
Parker, Edward Foster was born on January 31, 1883 in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. Son of Robert Sheldon and Susan (Thomas) Parker.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1904, Bachelor of Laws, 1906.
Originator, 1st president University of Michigan Union, 1904. Advisory manager, columnist Pomona Review, 1908-1913. Admitted to California bar, 1913.
Member of law firm Parker and Parker, Pasadena and Los Angeles, 1913-1933.
Counsel Parker and Irwin, Los Angeles, 1933-1945. Vice president, general manager Southwest Cotton Company, Arizona, 1916-1922.
Chairman of the Board Ide-Parker Company, 1923-1933. President Par-Associates, finance-insurance, 1935, chairman, 1942, merged with Seaboard Finance Company, Los Angeles, 1945, chairman Seaboard, 1942-1948.
President Dudley-Parker Siskiyou Hereford Ranch.
Member of law firm Parker and Parker, Pasadena and Los Angeles, 1913-1933. Member Board of Governors Clements Library University of Michigan. Member California Finance Association (president 1927-1937), South Orange Grove Association (president 1935-1941), Michigan, California bar associations, University of Michigan Alumni Association.
Clubs: Athletic.
California (Los Angeles).
Married Elizabeth Jane Stafford, July 12, 1907. Children: Elizabeth Jane (Mistress Robert Boyd Picking), Suzanne Ella (Mistress Luis Odriozola).