Background
Parks, Harold Francis was born on September 28, 1920 in Anna, Illinois, United States. Son of Guy Clay and Margaret (McCumiskey) Parks.
Parks, Harold Francis was born on September 28, 1920 in Anna, Illinois, United States. Son of Guy Clay and Margaret (McCumiskey) Parks.
Bachelor of Education, Southern Illinois University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1950.
Teacher music, Martinsville (Illinois) High School, 1942; assistant band director, Cornell Univercity, 1942-1943; director bands, Cornell Univercity, 1943-1946; teaching assistant comparative anatomy and histology and embryology, Cornell Univercity, 1945-1950; professor zoology, Cornell Univercity, 1961-1964; instructor, then assistant professor anatomy, U. North Carolina Medical School, 1950-1954; assistant professor, then associate professor anatomy, U. Rochester School Medicine and Dentistry, 1954-1961; professor anatomy, U. Kentucky Medical Center, 1964-1991; department chairman, U. Kentucky Medical Center, 1964-1979. Visiting scientist Karolinska Institute, 1956. Executive committee Kentucky-Michigan-Ohio Regional Medical Library Program.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Biological Sciences, American Association Anatomists (committee on status of women in anatomy 1978-1980), American Society Cell Biology, Electron Microscopy Society of America, American Society Zoologists, Southern Society Anatomists (council 1968-1969), Association Anatomy Chairman (council 1971-1972), Lexington Academy Senior Professionals, Sigma Xi, Omicron Kappa Upsilon (honorary), Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Margaret Bryner, September 11, 1948. Children– Edwin Thomas, Margaret Caroline.