Deceased October 19, 2019
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In Memory
G. Parke Rouse III died Oct. 19, 2019, in Philadelphia, near his hometown of Gladwyne, Pa.
He was my fraternity brother at Psi U. He helped with fraternity management and recruitment and was elected chapter secretary as an undergraduate. Parke was a “green dean” in the Amherst College administration after graduation. In 1972, he earned a master’s in business administration at Penn and, while there, served as alumni president of the Psi U chapter in Philadelphia.
Parke started a successful business, Titan Business Systems, while he was at Amherst and continued as its head long after graduation. He devoted his later years to volunteer service for the Church of Christ, the oldest Episcopal chapter in Philadelphia, where he was administrator for the Diocesan Health and Welfare Benefits Trust.
At his memorial service, which Jerry Calvert ’67 and Peter Dustin ’67 attended, the church’s rector praised Parke’s helpfulness and specifically mentioned that he had updated their computer system and hand-entered the names of each member. Parke never married but was a generous supporter of the Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square, Pa., from which he graduated in 1963. Parke is remembered by his classmates as not being memorable. This was his choice; he usually avoided center stage. Parke lived according to his own pathways but was nonetheless engaged in the world around him and made positive contributions to the well-being of many others.
Bill Fischel ’67