Background
Parks, Joe Benjamin was born on December 17, 1915 in McAlester, Oklahoma, United States. Son of James Allen and Mary Florence (Youngblood) Parks.
entrepreneur visionary State Legislator
Parks, Joe Benjamin was born on December 17, 1915 in McAlester, Oklahoma, United States. Son of James Allen and Mary Florence (Youngblood) Parks.
Bachelor of Science in Public Administration, Oklahoma State University, 1939.
Division director United States Veterans Administration (VA), Washington, 1946—1956. Special assistant, consultant United States General Services Administration (General Services Administration), 1957—1958. Manager district electronic data processing division Radio Corporation of America Corporation, 1959—1965.
Manager Eastern region Dashew Business Machines, Arlington, Virginia, 1966—1968. Associate administrator social and rehabilitation service United States Department Health, Education & Welfare, Washington, 1969—1973. Director marketing governors system division Booz, Allen & Hamilton, 1974—1975.
Partner Forbes & Parks, Dover, New Hampshire, 1976—2002. President PatPar, Inc., from 1990. Member New Hampshire State Legislature, Concord, 1984—1992, chairman joint committee on elderly affairs, 1987—1992, member committee on health, human services and elderly, 1983—1990.
Chairman subcommittee mileage and electronic roll call, 1989—1990. Vice chairman legislation administration committee, 1990—1991. Member appropriations committee, 1991—1992.
Proprietor Portsmouth Athenaenum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, from 1992. Corporator Wentworth Douglas Hospital, Dover, 1980-1989. President Berr Par, Inc., 1994-2010.
Vice-chairman New Hampshire State Republican Committee, 1987-1988. Chairman Strafford County, New Hampshire, Representatives, 1988. Strafford County campaign manager George W. Bush for President, 1999-2000.
Board directors Coastal Maine Botanical Garden, 2001-2005, Rockingham Botanical Garden, 2005-2006, Ageless Dreamer, 2007-2008. Member American Rhododendron Society (president Massachusetts chapter 1995-1996, Bronze medal 1992, 2003, Silver medal, 2006, Dover New Hampshire Park renamed Joe B. Parks River Walk Gardens, 2007.
Married Florence M. Evans, October 25, 1941 (deceased 1999). Children: Anne, Kathryn.