Edward T. Parmelee ’47

Ted died July 24, 2001, after a long battle with congestive heart failure; he was 76.

He served for five years as a Marine Corps officer during WWII and the Korean War.

Ted's outstanding career began in NYC in 1948. After serving as executive vice president of Moloney, Regan, and Schmitt and then vice president and sales director for Newhouse Newspapers, he joined Knight Newspapers in 1972 to head Knight Advertising Sales Co. in NYC. He was promoted to vice president of marketing for Knight Ridder Newspapers, Inc,. in Miami, and board chair and president of Knight Ridder Newspaper Sales in 1980. He retired in 1987.

Ted was active in Rye, N.Y., where he lived for 20 years, as chair of the Rye Recreation Commission, president of Rye Little League, and fundraiser for the Red Cross. He had lived in Sarasota, Fla., since 1994 and had a summer home in Rockland, Maine. He was an ardent golfer.

Ted is survived by his wife, Kalo, a sister, three children, and 16 grandchildren. To the entire family, the class extends its deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1947