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Note: Meetings are usually held on the second Sunday of each month, September through May, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Currently we are meeting via Zoom, but in-person meetings are held at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Services Center, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda, Maryland, and occasionally at other venues. The meetings are open to anyone. However, certain meetings may require a fee.
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Businessman First, Remembering Henry G. Parks, Jr. 1916-1989
January 9, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Speaker: Maurice W. Dorsey, Ph.D., Washington, D.C.
Zoom Meeting
(A meeting link and passcode will be sent to members.)
TALK DESCRIPTION: Capturing the Life of a Businessman Who Was African American. Dr. Dorsey’s presentation will focus on the creation and building of the Baltimore-based Parks Sausage Co., Inc. He will discuss various issues, such as financing, USDA inspection for interstate commerce, advertising, women at Parks, sales, marketing, publicity, unionizing, new products, expansion, stock issue, and selling H. G. Parks to the Norin Corporation. Further, he will discuss Mr. Park’s selection and engagement of corporate America, his role as public servant, giving back to the community, honors and recognitions, his family, and his death.
BIO: Maurice W. Dorsey, Ph. D., graduated the only African American in his class at the Bel Air Senior High School, Bel Air, Maryland, in 1965. He earned a bachelor’s of science in Family and Consumer Sciences from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1970. He earned his first master’s degree in Arts and Sciences from the Johns Hopkins University in 1975, and his second, in Education from Loyola University of Maryland in 1976. He returned to the University of Maryland and was awarded a Ph.D. in Education in 1983. He has worked in both the private and public sector, moving between secondary education, higher education, and government. He retired from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture in 2012. Businessman First (Xlibris, March 2014) is his first of three books. He resides in Washington, D.C.
