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There are many legends in the sport of men’s collegiate crew. But Harry Parker, the coach of the Harvard men’s heavyweight crew team, stands even a few rungs above the rest of them...
These results, though, are not just a mere decade’s worth, but stretch over the 46 years Parker has been a presence at Newell boathouse—an era colored consistently with gold. They include nine national championships, 21 varsity firsts at Eastern Sprints, 19 undefeated seasons, and a dual coaching record of 275-41-1—a success rate of 87 percent. He has also, outside the bounds of Harvard, coached five different US Olympic rowing teams...
...Ironically, part of the problem of promoting diversity is the longevity often associated with Crimson athletic positions. Hired in 1982, former track and field and cross country coach Frank J. Haggerty ’68 didn’t retire until last year. And legendary crew coach Harry Parker has been at Harvard since...
...appearances and his concerts for charity (one at Buckingham Palace, another with the Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra) and ends with him playing Scott Joplin's The Entertainer to 12,000 people in Las Vegas last year. Paravicini, who is related through marriage to Prince Charles' wife Camilla Parker-Bowles, was only 5 years old when he and Ockelford first met. Ockelford was giving a piano lesson to a girl at a school for the blind when Paravicini's parents were showing their son around. "Derek just shoved her out of the way and took over," Ockelford says. "He had lots...
...determine whether Gonzales broke the law or not, "You have to know the exact facts," says Elizabeth Parker, Dean of the University of the Pacific Law School and former General Counsel of the National Security Agency. "Obviously things can be discussed in ways that don't divulge highly classified information. The real issue is what is it about this program that is so classified that can't allow it to be discussed in a Congressional setting, even a closed Congressional hearing. In order to have confidence in what this program is all about, one needs to understand better what...