David Stuart Parker

For other people of the same name, see David Parker (disambiguation).

David Stuart Parker (March 22, 1919 – May 9, 1990) served as the Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1971 to 1975.

He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1940, an institution where he later taught. He was Lieutenant Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1963 to 1965. He served a tour in Vietnam commanding engineers from 1968 to 1969. He was Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1971 to 1975.

He was the brother of Ambassador Richard Bordeaux Parker.

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Preceded by
Walter Philip Leber		 Governor of Panama Canal Zone
1971–1975 		Succeeded by
Harold Parfitt
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