Hall of Fame
Thirty Terry Parker High School graduates, former teachers and former staff members were inducted into the school's inaugural Hall of Fame as part of the school's 50th anniversary festivities April 1, 2005. A reunion celebration was held at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium with entertainment, food, dancing and the Hall of Fame inductions. Inductees were selected on the basis of their exemplary achievements in athletics, health and medicine, arts and entertainment, public service, business and industry, volunteerism, philanthropy or education.
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Terry Parker Hall of Fame Name Year Attribute Joe Adeeb 1971 Jacksonville business owner, Bono's Bar-B-Q Roosevelt Williams (gridiron football) 1997 NFL 3rd draftee by the Chicago Bears (2002, 2003), Cleveland Browns (2003, 2004), and New York Jets (2005) Wayne Bailey faculty Parker High choral director, 1972–1980; music educator, conductor, vocalist Josiah Bartley 1968 Parker teacher, Duval County public schools administrator Don Brewer 1958 Jacksonville business owner, former Jacksonville city councilman Robert Brewer 1965 1972 U.S. Olympic Team, youth track-and-field leader Aaron H. Brown, Jr. faculty Parker's first head football coach and athletic director, 1956–1964 Danny Joe Brown 1969 songwriter and former lead singer for the band, Molly Hatchet Catherine Buck Whatley 1968 Jacksonville business owner, president of the National Association of REALTORS Rick Catlett 1969 President of the Gator Bowl Association Leanza Cornett Steines 1989 Miss America 1993, television host and performer John Delaney 1974 Mayor of Jacksonville, 1995–2003; president, University of North Florida Dan Disch 1977 high school and college football coach Sidney Friend school administrator Parker's first principal, 1956–1969 Ward Green 1965 Parker band director, 1975–2004 Adam Hollingsworth 1986 Jacksonville businessman and political strategist Gary Iwanowski 1974 owner of Designer's Landscape Co., syndicated television host (Gary Alan) Scott Jones 1982 owner of Scott Jones School of Dance; dancer, choreographer Joe Lippo faculty Parker band director, 1958–1976 Ian Mairs 1982 playwright, actor, director and teacher Howard May faculty 1970–2002 Rudy McKissick, Jr. 1983 pastor, Bethel Baptist Church Ryan Moore 2011 3 year varsity letter in baseball. Currently an actor in films such as "The Notebook". Has recently wrote a book on love called "I See You, Lets See Each other". Marilyn Olin faculty Parker teacher, 1972–1996; 2000 Duval County Teacher of the Year; mentor for National Board Certified Teachers Tom Petway 1958 Jacksonville business owner, business and civic leader Fred Pickard faculty Parker head football coach for 21 years Lake Ray, III 1974 President of Harbor Engineering, Jacksonville City Councilman, Current Florida State Legislator District 17 Tyler "Rosie" Rosenberger 2009 Former Varsity Baseball Player, Currently a Highly Acclaimed Entrepreneur/Philanthropist Aaron Staton 1998 actor and singer on Broadway and in film Ray Veckruise faculty Parker's first choral director, 1956–1964; composer of Parker High's alma mater Susan Watt Cable 1967 School board president in Macon, Ga.; Georgia state legislator Terry Wood 1965 former president, Jacksonville City Council Ricardo Mathews 2010 Drafted 238 overall by the NFL Indianapolis Colts
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