JOHN R. PARSONS ’53

JOHN R. PARSONS, the founder of Parsons, McKee & Company, and a long-tenured member of the American Academy of Actuaries, died Jan. 27, 2017. He was 85. A member of Sigma Nu, he received his degree with honors and served in the U.S. Army ordnance corps from 1953 to 1955, after which he began his 50-year career as an actuary. In addition to founding Parsons, McKee, he was a long-tenured member of the American Academy of Actuaries and was known as an expert on pension plans. He also volunteered in his community. His wife, Mona Violette Parsons, predeceased him. Among those who survive are his wife, Joyce Parsons, five children, 12 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.