S. Ralph Parris *58

Ralph Parris, a retired electrical and engineering manager at Burroughs (later UNISYS) Corp., died Feb. 5, 2016, after a brief illness. He was 83.

Parris graduated with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University in 1955. In 1958, he received a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Princeton. He worked for Burroughs Corp. for 36 years.

He worked for Burroughs in Pennsylvania and Michigan before settling in Rancho Bernardo, Calif., in 1971. He retired in 1991 and began a life of service to others, sharing his technical and organizational skills with his community and church.

Parris is survived by his wife, Evelyn, whom he married in 1956; a brother; and numerous nieces and nephews.

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