Joel Harris Parks

Background

Parks, Joel Harris was born on February 5, 1936 in Newark. Son of Maurice and Lenore (Feigenbaum) Parks.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969.

Career

Assistant professor physics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1970-1976; research scientist, Avco Everett (Massachusetts) Research Laboratory, 1976-1981; research scientist, Rowland Institute for Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1981.

Achievements

• Joel Harris Parks has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Institute Physics.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, swimming, tennis.

Connections

Married Erlinda Medina, February 8, 1976. Children: Vincent, Jess, John, Ethan, Mathew, Carol, Alan, Monica, Leah, Rebecca.

Father:

Maurice Parks

Mother:

Lenore (Feigenbaum) Parks

Spouse:

Erlinda Medina

child:

Ethan Parks

child:

Monica Parks

child:

Carol Parks

child:

Rebecca Parks

child:

Leah Parks

child:

Mathew Parks

child:

Jess Parks

child:

Vincent Parks

child:

Alan Parks

child:

John Parks