Background
Parker, Francis Dunbar was born on July 27, 1918 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Francis Alpheus and Irene Martha (Plummer) Parker.
Parker, Francis Dunbar was born on July 27, 1918 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Francis Alpheus and Irene Martha (Plummer) Parker.
AB, Middlebury College, 1939. AM, Boston University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Case Institute of Technology, 1951.
Teacher high school, 1939-1942; high school teacher, research associate Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1942-1945; instructor mathematics, Case Institute Technology, Cleveland, 1945-1951; assistant professor, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, 1951-1953; Rutherford professor, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, 1966-1983; associate professor, Clarkson College, Potsdam, New York, 1953-1957; professor, U. Alaska, College, 1957-1963; professor, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1963-1966; regional sales assistant, E.F. Hutton, Potsdam, 1984-1985; owner, Parker Finance Superior vena cava syndrome, Canton, since 1985. Fulbright exchange professor Plymouth (England) Polytechnic, 1978-1979. Exchange professor California State University, Los Angeles, 1977-1978, 81-82.
(Structure Of Number Systems, The, by Parker, Francis D.)
Board of directors New York State Head Injury Association, since 1993. Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American (governor 1968-1970, section chairman 1976-1977), Rotary, Masons.
Married Marjorie Alice Gardner, May 23, 1942. Children: Carolyn, John, Harold, Martha.