[2] In 1921, he received his bachelor's degree from the University of Utah where he was a founding member of the Sigma Pi fraternity chapter.
[2] While there he was the lead author of the paper "The Radioactives of some high-mass isotopes of Cobalt"[7] Parmley was a member of the LDS Church.
[6] Among Parmley's students at the University of Utah were Don Lind and prominent cardiac surgeon and LDS Apostle Russell M. Nelson.
Although Parmley retired from formal teaching in 1980, his zeal for learning and expanding the minds of young people persisted though his whole life.
His influence continues today in those who knew his kindness, generosity, faith and his amazing enthusiasm for life and learning.