Name Jamieson Parker Role Actor | Education Beloit College | |
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Spouse Darleen Carr (m. 1992), Bonnie Parker (m. 1976–1992) Children Amye Parker, Katherine Parker, Christian Buchanan Parker, Jamie Jr. Parker Books An Accidental Cowboy, The Horseman at Midnight, American Riff Movies and TV shows Simon & Simon, Prince of Darkness, White Dog, A Small Circle of Friends, Callie & Son Similar People Gerald McRaney, Darleen Carr, Mary Carver, Victor Wong, Lisa Blount | ||
Jamieson Kirkwood Parker (January 28, 1895 – December 8, 1939) was an American government administator and architect from Oregon, working primarily in Portland and Salem. He worked as an architect for the better part of two decades, before changing to federal and state government work, culminating in his serving as director of the Oregon division of the Federal Housing Administration from mid-1935 until his death in late 1939.
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Early life and education
Jamieson Parker was born in Portland, Oregon, on January 28, 1895. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1916, and began working as an architect in Portland shortly thereafter. During World War I, he served as a second lieutenant of the Coast Artillery.
Career
Except during his period of wartime military service, Parker worked as an architect from 1916 until 1934, and at one time was president of the Oregon chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
In January 1934, he was appointed district officer for the survey of historic buildings in Oregon and Washington, on the recommendation of the U.S. Interior Department. He subsequently became assistant to the director of the Federal Housing Administration's Oregon division and, in December 1934, the division's associate director. He was named FHA director for Oregon in June 1935 and served in that post until his death in 1939.
Works
Works include:
Salem
Portland
Death
Parker died at St. Vincent's Hospital, then located in the city of Portland, on December 8, 1939, after an illness lasting one month.