John W. Parker III

Director, Delaware Valley Chapter

John W. Parker III received his B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering at Drexel Institute of Technology and received his Master's Degree in Engineering Science from Penn State University.

Mr. Parker has been an active member of SID for the past 26 years, with the Delaware Valley Chapter as Director for the past 11 years, as Chairman for three terms and also three terms as Vice Chairman, as well as being a key organizer for a SID seminar in Philadelphia. He has also served as Membership Chairman of SID for two years. In addition Mr. Parker has served on the paper selection committee for the annual SID symposium for the past six years. This year he is also serving on the Americas Director Nomination Committee.

Mr. Parker is retired from the Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent River, MD, and was a member of the tri-service aircraft lighting panel under the sponsorship of the JACB. He served as Technical Advisor in all areas of aircraft, displays, lighting, and human interfaces, in particular the electro-optical characteristics and their interactions. Prior to this assignment, he was with the Naval Air Systems Command in Washington, DC, as Project Engineer, Aircraft Displays & Lighting Systems. He was a member of the tri-service display group under the sponsorship of ONR. He provided technical input in the areas of display electro-optical performance and their interaction with other electro-optical devices such as night vision imaging systems, laser eye protection, etc. Mr. Parker is regarded as a technical expert throughout the world in the electro-optical characteristics of night vision systems and their related equipments.

Mr. Parker is now a consultant to the Navy Department working with Research and Engineering Development, Inc. on a part-time basis. He also operates the Pennsylvania Office of the same firm. In this capacity he continues to work in various aspects of military display design and night vision programs.