Clark B. Parker, oral history interview

Interviewee

Clark B. Parker
Charmaine B. Tomczyk, Coastal Carolina University

Interviewer

Charmaine B. Tomczyk

Files

Date

7-6-2016

Duration

1:01:20

Description

Parker, a Coastal alumnus, served as a CCU Board member from 1993 - 2008 including two terms as Chair. He discusses his years as a student at Coastal, meeting his wife, Marcia (a Coastal student) and their campus jobs in athletics. He recounts his statewide work with many others for Coastal's independence from USC, its hurdles and challenges. Parker is an honorary founder of CCU. The second campus building carries his and his wife's names, the Clark and Marcia Parker Atheneum Hall Alumni Center in 2017.

Comments

Funded in part by the Horry County Higher Education Commission.

Subject

Oral History--South Carolina;Coastal Carolina University--History;Horry County (S.C.)--History;Parker, Clark B., 1953-

Rights

Copyright © Coastal Carolina University. For more information contact University Archives at Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC 29526.

Extent

Additional files include a transcript and time-coded summary index (8.5x11in)

Recommended Citation

Parker, Clark B. and Tomczyk, Charmaine B., "Clark B. Parker, oral history interview" (2016). The Coastal Carolina University Oral History Project. 4.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/oral-history-project/4