Background
Parish, Preston Seiter was born on November 10, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
business consultant company executive
Parish, Preston Seiter was born on November 10, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
AB, Williams College, 1941. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Williams College, 1988.
Production engineer The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, 1949-1955, also board directors, since 1955, vice president, 1958-1960, executive vice president, 1960-1969, vice chairman board, chairman executive committee, 1969-1984. President Parish Associates, since 1985. Board directors Kal-Aero, Inc., Kalamazoo, since 1973, VanDusen Air, Inc., Minneapolis, 1983-1986, National Energy Associates, Inc., San Francisco, since 1983, Vail Valley Medical Foundation.
Trustee, 1988, chairman board directors W.E. Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation, Kalamazoo, since 1963.
Member international advisory board Emory University Family Planning Program, since 1984. Member Canadian Warplane Heritage, Inc., Toronto, since 1976, Governor's Commission on Jobs and Economic Development, Lansing, Michigan, 1983-1986. Board directors Jobs for American's Graduates, Washington, since 1981, Jobs for Michigan's Graduates, Kalamazoo, since 1981, Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, since 1979, Kalamazoo College, since 1985, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1965-1988.
Major United States Marine Corps, 1941-1946.
Married Suzanne Upjohn DeLano, April 17, 1948. Children: Barbara Parish Gibbs, Katharine Parish Miller, Peter William, Preston Laurence, David Carter.