Class of 1970 Commemorative Biographical Book

W I N I F R E D B . P A R K E R

Address: 20 Lincoln Road, Wayland, MA 01778 Email: winifredparker@comcast.net ● Phone: H: 508-358-2096 ● C: 508-254-4505

Alma mater: Radcliffe College

Postgraduate Training/Certification: Internship and Residency: Johns Hopkins Pediatrics Psychiatry Residency: DC Children’s Hospital Fellowship: Child development, Boston Children’s Hospital

Professional and Volunteer Awards and Recognition: AOA

and the opportunity to understand and interpret children to themselves and for their families in the service of healthy, happy development has been my calling. I have been happily married to the same great guy, Lee, whom many of you will remember, since before medical school. We have three daughters, now all strong women, and ten grandchildren. We are in Boston and the kids are in Vancouver, Canada, Miami and San Francisco. We are a close family. My sons-in-law tolerate me and we travel quite a bit to visit the kids and grandkids during the school year. Many of them spend a lot of the summer with us and my extended family in the house I grew up in near the Hudson River in Cold Spring, NY. I like being active outdoors, I row a shell on the Charles River, I like hiking, swimming, do lots of gardening, cross country skiing and yoga. I am passionate about my photography. I mostly photograph our family. I seek to capture the real essence of the person, place or interaction. I make albums to hold and shape the past for the future. And music- my mother was a musician and I grew up in the world of classical music. It remains an essential part of my life and

Current Employment: Private Practice

Spouse or Partner’s Name: Leroy M. Parker

Name(s) of Children and Grandchildren: Daughters: Katherine, Rosalie, Clare Grandchildren: Tiago, Gabriella, Evan, Maya, Marina, Lydia, Sylvia, Hudson, Willie, Charlotte. Narrative: What was your most memorable moment from medical school? Assisting Dr. Milton Edgerton in a sex change operation What highlights have you experienced since graduating in 1970? Ah, so many! Many satisfactions and much happiness. How have you changed since medical school? I definitely feel older and, hopefully, wiser, certainly shorter. Being a doctor has been such a privilege. I loved medical school, (except for statistics), and especially Owsei Temkin, and figuring out how the body works in health and illness. Although internal medicine fascinated me, I have always been very family oriented and pediatrics and pediatric psychiatry was my calling. I am a bit of a child whisperer,

something I love sharing with my grandchildren. I seek to be kind, patient (often not easy for me),

compassionate, inclusive and, above all, loving. Life has been good and generous to me and I am grateful. Are 50 years really gone since graduation? No, not gone, just lived through.

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