Lewis Wentworth Parker

LEWIS WENTWORTH PARKER

of Old Greenwich, passed away peacefully on Sunday June 5, 2005. He was 62. Born in Auburn, New York on September 5, 1942 he was the son of the late Eric L. and Marian Parker. Mr. Parker graduated in 1964 with honors from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT with a B.S. in Engineering. He was a member of the team that won the 1962 North American Dinghy Championship. Their team also won numerous championships around the country and was recognized as the top sailing team of both New England and the U.S. Mr. Parker had the thrill of making two transatlantic tours aboard the Eagle visiting countries all over Europe. Upon his graduation in 1964 he served four years of active duty including three tours in Vietnam, then sixteen years in the United States Coast Guard Reserve and achieved the rank of Commander. Parker retired from the Coast Guard in 1987 after twenty years of service.

rIn 1970 he graduated from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania with an MBA in Finance and International Business and then joined Industrial Nucleonics Corp., later known as Accuray Corp. He entered the investment management industry in 1978 as Vice President, Marketing , A.G. Becker in New York. In 1978 he became Senior Vice President, Marketing of Amivest Corp., also in New York. Mr. Parker continued his career becoming Senior Vice President, Marketing, Rothschild, Inc., in 1982 where he worked with major corporate pension funds to develop fully diversified equity investment programs. In 1986 he became Managing Director for Dreman Value Management of Jersey City, New Jersey where he was responsible for marketing and client service for more than half of the company's assets. In 1992 Parker Co-founded and was Managing Partner of Thorsell Parker Partners, Inc., Westport, CT which was a small/mid-cap money management firm.

Mr. Parker was a member of the Economic Policy Committee, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, The Wharton Alumni Association, and the Property and Finance Committee at First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich.

In 1993 Parker moved to Old Greenwich, Connecticut where he met and married Sharon Portin in October, 1994 at the Homestead in Greenwich. Known for his honesty, great insight, wit and moral character he was always striving to make the world a better place. In 1986 as part of his prolific writings he wrote his Statement of Purpose: "To have felt a sense of accomplishment, achievement, and self respect. To be loved and respected by those I wish to know me."

He is survived by his wife Sharon Portin Parker of Old Greenwich, his daughter Molly Jones of Basalt, Colorado, his brother Edward L. Parker of Fisherville, Virginia, his niece Debbie Baker and his nephew John Parker.

A memorial service will be held on Monday June 13, 2005 at 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich corner of Lafayette and West Putnam Avenue. Burial with full military honors will be held at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to First Presbyterian Church Capital Campaign in memory of Lewis Parker, One West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830 or to the Lewis Parker Memorial Fund, Alzheimer's Association of CT, 96 Oak Street, Hartford, CT 06106.

Funeral arrangements by Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Home.