Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Timothy Parker
Timothy Parker
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| Other authors / contributors: | Parker, Timothy E., interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Recorded Catonsville, Maryland 2001 June 21.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Crossword puzzle designer Timothy Parker was born in 1960 in Baltimore to a family of ten children. Parker attended the Gilman School, a preparatory school, where he excelled in both academics and sports. In 1978, Parker attended the University of Maryland in College Park, majoring in economics. Following his graduation, Parker worked for several years with a local tire retailer before taking a position as store manager with Bridgestone/Firestone in 1987. He quit his job and pursued his dream of creating crossword puzzles, and in 1996 began to develop an interactive crossword programmed with Java script that was fun, intuitive and easy to use. The Universal Crossword would become the web's first syndicated crossword puzzle. As the chief executive officer of Master Puzzles, Parker worked extensively with Java programmers and puzzle masters to establish online puzzle standards.
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