Posted December 17, 2013 in Member News
Bart Parker passed away Sunday, December 8, 2013 at his residence in Northport, Alabama at age 79. A long time member of SPE, Bart was SPE's 2002 Honored Educator and a past Honorary Educator for the Midwest region. He worked as a newspaper photographer before receiving his MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied under Harry Callahan. Bart began his career in education in 1969 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Two years later, he started teaching at the University of Rhode Island until his retirement in 1996.
