John C. Parry ’65

John C. Parry ’65, of Plymouth, Mass.; Aug. 4. As a student he was a star athlete on Brown’s football, basketball, and lacrosse teams. After receiving an MBA from the Wharton School at UPenn, he spent years in Philadelphia working for IBM and Instant Data Corp. In 1975 he returned to Brown, where he had been inducted into the University Hall of Fame for football, to begin a career as an athletic director. For the next 40 years he was an athletic director at Brown, Butler, and Cleveland State. He served on the local host organizing committee for the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Final Fours, was a member of the NCAA Management Council, and served as president of the East Coast Athletic Conference. In addition to playing, officiating, and coaching lacrosse, he started programs at Butler and Cleveland State and served as chair of the NCAA Lacrosse Committee. He was one of the founding members of the Indiana Chapter of U.S. Lacrosse. He enjoyed reading, watching sports, and traveling. He is survived by his wife, Candi; four children and their spouses, including daughter Alyson Drew ’91 and her husband Parker ’91; six grandchildren; a sister; and many nieces and nephews.