Wesley Wilkin Parke

Background

Parke, Wesley Wilkin was born on September 30, 1926 in Wallingford, Connecticut, United States. Son of David William and Elizabeth Emily (Crampton) Parke.

Education

Bachelor, University Connecticut, 1951. Master of Science, University Connecticut, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University Connecticut, 1957.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1957-1958; instructor, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1958-1960; assistant professor, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1960-1965; associate professor, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1965-1973; professor, chairman anatomy Department, University Southern Illinois Medical School, Carbondale, 1974-1978; professor, chairman anatomy Department, University South Dakot School Medicine, Vermillion, since 1978. Consultant commission on the spine AAOS, since 1978. Manuscript consultant Urban and Schwarzenberg, Baltimore, since 1980.

Achievements

• Wesley Wilkin Parke has been listed as a noteworthy medical educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Photographic Atlas of Fetal Anatomy

    (Book by Wesley W. Parke)

Membership

Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1947. Member American Association Anatomists, Cervical Spine Research Society, Spine Study Group, International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spine Surgery, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, gunsmithing.

Connections

Married Marie Louise Santella, December 29, 1952. Children: Pamela, Patricia.

Father:

David William Parke

Mother:

Elizabeth Emily (Crampton) Parke

Spouse:

Marie Louise Santella

child:

Patricia Parke

child:

Pamela Parke