A. ROBERT PARENTE ’35

A. ROBERT PARENTE, 96, died Nov. 13, 2009. He received his degree with distinction in mathematics, was a member of the John Wesley Club, and was elected to Sigma Xi. In 1937 he received an MA from Wesleyan. The retired president of A. Robert Parente & Company, Inc., his career as a realtor, real estate appraiser and counselor spanned more than 50 years. He was active in professional organizations and had served on the national faculty of the Appraisal Institute, specializing in capitalization theory and techniques.  Survivors include his wife, Olga Venditti Parente; two daughters, including Roberta Parente ’79; four granddaughters; and a sister.