Robert Parker
Emigrated to Canada – 1944
Dublin Public Schools
Northview Heights College
Bathurst Heights College
Architectural Plastics as Sales Manager 1960-1964 Landscape Architure 1964-1968
Ross Towing in Toronto 1968-1974
Weldo Plastics in Toronto 197 4-1977
Vulcan Equipment as Towing Division Manager 1977-1986
President of Total Wrecker Supply 1986 to present
If any one person can be named the father of tow shows as they are now known it would be Bob Parker. In 1973 he designed and laid out a driving contest for tow trucks and helped manage the event in Toronto. Harold Willard attended that show and got Bob’s permission to duplicate it in an upcoming show in Massachusetts. For years Bob Parker attended nearly every tow show introducing the world to damage free towing under the Vulcan trade name .” Cradle Snatcher”.
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HALL OF FAME NOMINEE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Tow Equipment/Product Innovation
Innovation of a product sold in the marketplace that has helped move the industry forward. Candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of service to the industry.
Exemplary Dedication
Candidate must have 20 years running a towing business in an outstanding and exemplary manner, promoting a positive image of the towing industry and have positive relations with the community, i.e., performing services for the community about and beyond the services for hire. Limit: One inductee per year.
Industry Leadership
Leadership involved with an outstanding project that has had a dynamic and lasting effect on the towing industry. Candidate must have minimum 10 years service to the towing industry.
Professional Achievement
Creating a product or service of any kind that has had a significant and lasting effect on thousands of towing professionals. Candidate Must have a minimum of 10 years to the industry.