John Scott Parker Jr. ’28

JACK PARKER, a prominent figure in the field of aviation throughout his career, as an airline executive, an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII, and a government official in Washington, died on May 27,1989, at the Kensington Nursing Home. He had been in declining health for a long time.

Jack went to the Ridgefield School. He left college early and immediately acted on his interest in aviation by going to Washington and working for the Potomac Flying Service, supervising students and sightseeing flights while taking flying lessons himself. He worked for Capital Aircraft Sales, United Airlines, and American Airlines. In 1939 he joined the Civil Aeronautics Board (later the Federal Aviation Admn.). In early 1943 he entered the service of the Army Air Force at Officer Training School in Miami Beach. He then served at the Air Force headquarters in Washington. He attained the rank of major and later was a colonel in the Air Corps Reserve. He was awarded the Army Commendation Ribbon and was made an honorary member of the military division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. After the war Jack resumed service in the F.A.A., until his retirement in 1964. He then became assistant division chief, aviation division, of the U.S. Dept. of State.

Jack married Dorothy E. Prior on May 14, 1935. She died in 1973. Jack is survived by two children, Mary Parker Putnam and John Scott Parker III, two sisters, Alice Lee Parker and Mary Parker Van Sant, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Jack's classmates at Princeton assure these members of his family of their deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1928