Background
Parish, Richard Lee was born on May 31, 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Charles Lee and Ruth (Duncan) Parish.
Parish, Richard Lee was born on May 31, 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Charles Lee and Ruth (Duncan) Parish.
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering, University Missouri, 1967. Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering, University Missouri, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, University Missouri, 1970.
Assistant, then associate professor engineering University Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1969-1974. Manager mechanical research and development O.M. Scott & Sons Company, Marysville, Ohio, 1974-1983. Associate professor, then professor Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1983-1997.
Professor Hammond Research Station, 1995—2008, resident coordinator Coastal area research station, 2005—2008. Professor emeritus Agricultural Engineering Louisiana State University, since 2008. Consultant in equipment patents, equipment safety, product liability, personal injury, design and evaluation.
Expert witness testimony in agricultural and horticultural equipment, patents, since 1984.
Board of directors Agricultural Missions Foundation. Member American Society Agricultural Engineers (chairman agricultural chemical application committee 1982-1983, power and machinery division program committee 1986-1987, chairman cultural practices equipment committee 1994-1995, chairman fruit and vegetable production engineering committee since 1999), Louisiana Vegetable Growers Association, American Society Horticultural Science.
Married Patricia Ann Erickson, June 2, 1968. Children: Christie Lynn White, Kerry Anne Parish-Philp.