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William A. Parker

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dc.contributor.archivesspaceAgent https://finding-aids.library.gatech.edu/agents/people/300
dc.contributor.author George C. Griffin
dc.date Undated en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2012-10-30T20:54:57Z
dc.date.available 2012-10-30T20:54:57Z
dc.date.issued en_US
dc.description Digital image created at the Georgia Tech Library, 2010. Scanned at 600ppi.||Physical Condition: Good en_US
dc.description.abstract William Anderson Parker, Jr. (Mechanicals) "Bill" the young athlete calls Atlanta his home. He has claimed it since the year  99. He prepped at Peacock School for Boys and entered Tech in 1915. "Be true to yourself and you will be true to every trust." Class basketball  15; Varsity track,  16- 17- 18; Manager class football  17; Assistant manager varsity football  17- 18; Technique staff  16; Honor Court  17- 18; Vice-chairman student branch A.S.M.E.; Vice-president Y.M.C.A.  18- 19; Pan-Hellenic Council; Cotillion Club; Skull and Key; Koseme; Bull Dog; Anak; Chi Phi. President Beck & Gregg Hardware Co., Atlanta. As a businessman and civic leader he received Georgia Tech s highest alumni honor during commencement exercises at Tech, June 14th, 1969: the Alumni Distinguished Service Award. This was the 50th anniversary of his graduation from Tech. At that time Parker was chairman of the board of Beck & Gregg Hardware Co. and chairman of the executive committee of the Trust Company of Georgia. At the ceremony he was cited for his service to Tech through the Georgia Tech National Alumni Assn., the Georgia Tech Foundation and the Georgia Tech Athletic Board. Resources: Blue Print 1919; Actual photo; Files en_US
dc.format.extent 1 gelatin silver print : b/w ; 9 7/8 x 8 in. en_US
dc.identifier.GTaccession 1987.0303 en_US
dc.identifier.GTid vac002_266 en_US
dc.identifier.archivesspaceResourceId VAC002
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/021133
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Tech Archives en_US
dc.relation GP266 en_US
dc.relation.isPartOfArchivalResource https://finding-aids.library.gatech.edu/repositories/2/resources/133
dc.rights.statement Property of the Georgia Institute of Technology. No access restrictions. Permission to publish must be obtained from the Head of Archives and Special Collections. en_US
dc.source.box See finding aid for George C. Griffin Photograph Collection en_US
dc.source.collection George C. Griffin Photograph Collection, VAC002 en_US
dc.source.folder See finding aid for George C. Griffin Photograph Collection en_US
dc.subject Portraits en_US
dc.title William A. Parker en_US
dc.type Still Image
dc.type.genre Photograph
dspace.entity.type ArchivalMaterial
local.contributor.author Griffin, George C.
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