AllenParkinson - Person Sheet
AllenParkinson - Person Sheet
Spouses
Birth13 Sep 1917, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, MD3
Death18 Oct 1984, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, MD3
BurialVeterans Cemetery, Crownsville, MD
OccupationAir traffic controller at the newly opened BWI Airport, Anne Arundel Cty, MD beginning in 1950.3
FatherJames Washington Parkinson (1878-1947)
MotherElizabeth Susan Meekins (1884-1969)
Marriage19393
Divorcebef 1945
ChildrenJames Robert (1940-)
Marriage22 Feb 1948, Lukas, Ohio
Notes for Jane Evelyn Garrett
She was a “textile sewing machine operator” at the time of her death.224
Notes for James Robert (Spouse 1)
1959 - won the first National Air Traffic Controller Award ever issued in this country. For guiding a pilot low on gas to another airport (not his own).3
March, 1960 - named Maryland Federal Civil Servant of the Year3
March, 1960 - named Maryland Federal Civil Servant of the Year3
Military notes for James Robert (Spouse 1)
Flew 50 missions during WWII - Army Air Corps (top turret gunner).
23 Jul 1943 he received the Distinguished Flying Cross.
23 Jul 1943 he received the Distinguished Flying Cross.