The Joseph Groh Foundation — Making Dreams a Reality
Dan Parker, foundation recipient
Daniel Parker worked in the construction business for the past 45 years. The last 28 of those years, he spent as a finish carpenter managing crews in Tigard, Oregon, just southwest of Portland. Parker’s career started in California, where he learned finish carpentry and new home construction while working with a firm in Atherton. He then moved to Nova Scotia and was the owner of Maplewood Enterprises Construction, a general contractor. After that, he moved to Oregon and started Parker Finish Carpentry, where he worked until June, 2016. Over the years, he trained a number of newcomers in the profession who went on to have long careers of their own in the construction business.
A lover of the outdoors, Parker enjoyed hiking in the rugged Oregon wilderness when not working. On June 20, 2016 he was completing a climb of “The Tooth,” a 5,604-foot peak in the Snoqualmie Pass area near Seattle, Washington.