Clark County WA Archives Biographies.....Parker, John W.  November 1, 1876 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 151-152
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     JOHN W. PARKER, vice president and general manager of the Portland 
Vegetable Oil Mills Company, is one of this city's progressive and energetic 
business men and by his untiring efforts has achieved success. Mr. Parker was 
born in Marshall county, Illinois, on the 1st of November, 1876, a son of 
Samuel and Anna (McHale) Parker. The father was for many years a prominent 
newspaper editor and writer in Illinois and both are now deceased.

     John W. Parker received a public and high school education, after which 
he spent some time in the study of law in the office of United States Senator 
William E. Mason of Chicago. His first employment was with the Western 
Electric Company, with which concern he was connected for six years in both 
manufacturing and financial departments. In 1909 he came to Portland and for a 
time worked as a bond salesman for the Realty Associates, after which for ten 
years he was engaged in the bond business on his own account. During the World 
war he served as assistant comptroller and treasurer of the Standifer 
Corporation at Vancouver, Washington, after which he became connected with the 
Portland Vegetable Oil Mills Company, serving first as secretary and 
treasurer, later as vice president, and in January, 1927, became vice 
president and general manager, in which capacities he is still serving.

     Mr. Parker married Miss Lillian Miller, a native of eastern Oregon. The 
republican party receives his support and fraternally he is a member of Trio 
Lodge, No. 57, A. F. & A. M. of Illinois; Portland Consistory, A. A. S. R.; Al 
Kader Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.; the Royal Arcanum and Modern Woodmen. He 
belongs to the Portland Golf Club, the Hamilton Club of Chicago, and the 
Portland Chamber of Commerce, in which he is a member of the industries 
committee. Mr. Parker is the architect of his own fortune, his advancement in 
the business world having come through his persistent and well directed 
effort, and to a marked degree he commands the respect and confidence of his 
fellowmen.

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