Patrick "Pat" Streeter Parker (October 16, 1929 – July 6, 2005) was an American businessman who served as chief executive officer of Parker Hannifin Corporation his family business from 1971 to 1983, a member of the board of directors from 1960 to 1999, and chairman from 1977 to 1999.
[2] Pat served in the U.S. Navy as a supply officer during the Korean War.
In 1957, Pat completed his military duty and moved to California for a position with Parker Aircraft Co. At a company history presentation given in 1995 at the Euclid Avenue headquarters in Cleveland, Pat Parker said his father "dropped dead of a heart attack" in 1945 and left the entire business in the hands of his mother.
"Many friends of the family advised her to sell but mom kept the business and later hired managers" to run it.
[5] Most of Pat Parker's working career was with the company, starting from when he was a little boy.