{"id":92,"date":"2018-04-04T13:21:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T17:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tbradsha\/?p=92"},"modified":"2020-03-16T09:47:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T13:47:24","slug":"bob-parsons-celebration-of-life-on-april-6-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tbradsha\/2018\/04\/04\/bob-parsons-celebration-of-life-on-april-6-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Parsons&#8217; Celebration of Life on April 6, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Sharing this information from my colleague Jane Kolodinski <\/em><\/p>\n<p>To:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UVM Community<\/p>\n<p>From:\u00a0\u00a0 Jane Kolodinsky, Professor &amp; Chair<\/p>\n<p>Date:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 April 3, 2018<\/p>\n<p>Please join us all of us in the Department of Community Development and Applied Economics, and Grace Matiru (Bob\u2019s wife) and Jesse Parsons (Bob\u2019s son) and family on Friday, April 6, 3:30-5:30pm in the Livak Ballroom of the UVM Davis Center for a Celebration of Life for Dr. Robert \u201cBob\u201d Parsons.<\/p>\n<p>Bob, who passed away on February 16, 2018, was known to many, not only in the University community but throughout the agricultural community in the states of Vermont and Pennsylvania, nationally, and internationally.\u00a0 As a Professor, he worked with untold numbers of students in so many different capacities.\u00a0 As an Extension Professor, Bob conducted outreach into the agricultural community visiting farms and farmers, conducting workshops and so much more.\u00a0 He had unforgettable impacts on the lives he touched, and we know that many will want to attend this celebration to recognize his work and influence on our lives.\u00a0 Please share this invitation with others who may also want to celebrate Bob.<\/p>\n<p>The Celebration will be an informal reception to remember Bob\u2019s contributions to the farmers, his students, his colleagues, and his family and friends.\u00a0 It will be held on Friday April 6, 2018 from 3:30 \u2013 5:30pm in the Livak Ballroom, Davis Center, 590 Main Street, University of Vermont in Burlington.\u00a0 For parking on campus, please see the website at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/%7Etpswww\/parking\/\">http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~tpswww\/parking\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To support the work Bob was so passionate about, Memorial Gifts may be made out to the UVM Foundation, with \u201cBob Parsons Memorial Fund\u201d written on the memo line. 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