Maritime Commissioner

Richard Parkhurst '16, who, from his office in the Custom House, has seen many thousands of ships sail in and out of Boston Harbor, has been nominated by President Truman to the U. S. Maritime Commission. With the Port Authority, a commission responsible of the development—physical and commercial—of the Port of Boston, Mr. Parkhurst served first as commissioner in 1929. In 1942, when chairman of the board, he was granted leave of absence to become special assistant in the Office of Inter-American affairs in Washington. Under his administration the Boston Port, which is now fifth in rank in the country, served a vital part in the demands of peace and war. In 1941 some 1250 vessels came in from foreign ports alone. Mr. Parkhurst has been active in Dartmouth affairs, as a member of the Dartmouth Athletic Council in 1921-25, as president of the Boston Alumni Association in 1937, and now as a member of the Alumni Council and as chairman of the executive committee of the General Association of Alumni.