Edward Parkes
Sir Edward Walter Parkes, DL, FREng[1] (19 May 1926 – 25 September 2019) was Vice-Chancellor of City University London from 1974 to 1978 and of the University of Leeds from 1983 to 1991.
Parkes attended King Edward's School, Birmingham and St John's College, Cambridge, where he obtained a first class degree in mechanical engineering.[2] He married Margaret Parr (1925-2007) and they had two children.[3]
Other posts included Head of the Department of Engineering at Leicester University in the 1960s[3] and Chairman of the UK University Grants Committee in the early 1980s. From 1989 to 1991 he was Chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals. He was also appointed a Fellow[1] of the Royal Academy of Engineering[1] in 1982.
He was knighted in 1983.[4] There is a portrait in oils by Michael Noakes at City University.[5] Parkes died in September 2019 at the age of 93.[6]
References
- "List of Fellows".
- Burke's Peerage, accessed 24 July 2009
- The Times 30 August 2007 Margaret Parkes.
- The London Gazette 22 April 1983 page 5510
- BBC Your Paintings Sir Edward Parkes (image and details)
- Who's Who: Parkes, Sir Edward (Walter)
| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir James Sharp Tait |
Vice-Chancellor, City University, London 1974–1978 |
Succeeded by Professor Raoul N. Franklin |
| Preceded by William Walsh (acting) |
Vice-Chancellor, University of Leeds 1983–1991 |
Succeeded by Alan Wilson |