Congressman Stanford E. Parris was born in Champaign,
Illinois. He received his B.S. from the University of Illinois,
Champaign in 1950 and served in the United States Air Force during
the Korean Conflict from 1950-1954. He was awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross with cluster, the Air Medal with clusters, the Purple
Heart,and the United States and Korean Presidential Citations for
his time spent in Korea. In 1958 he passed the Virginia Bar
and started practicing law in Alexandria, Virginia. He has also
been president of Woodbridge Chrysler-Plymouth Corp., in 1965; president
of the Flying Circus Aerodrome in 1971; a commercial pilot; a member
of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors from 1964 to 1967; a member
of the Virginia House of delegates from 1969 to 1972; chairman of
the Joint senate-house Republican caucus; a member of the United States
Congress from 1973 to 1975 and again from 1981 to 1991; a member of
the District of Columbia Law Revision Commission from 1975 to 1977;
and he was appointed president of the St. Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation by President George Bush serving from 1991 to 1998.
The Stanford E. Parris Collection consistsof
his Congressional papers as well as other documents dealing with his
local, state, and national political career. The collection
contains 65 cubic feet of materials.
Special Collections & Archives (SC&A)
preserves and makes available to all students, faculty, and researchers
many kinds
of original and scholarly materials. Subject areas in SC&A include
Northern Virginiana, Planned Community Archives,
Congressional Papers, Performing Arts, Maps, the Civil War, and George
Mason University. Formats in SC&A include
manuscripts, rare books, playbills, musical scores, audio and videotapes,
architectural drawings, photographs, and slides.
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SC&A has a reading room, providing a quiet
haven for serious research. Most materials may be photocopied, either
by the
researcher or by staff, depending on the nature of the item. Telephone
or mail requests for photocopies and photographs are handled for a
fee on a prepaid basis. Tours can be arranged for small groups, and
speakers are available upon request. Some materials may also be requested
for use in exhibitions.
