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Louis Parker didn’t have much in common with his classmates at Phillips Academy Andover in 1969.
The child of an uneducated facilities manager, Parker showed up at the nation’s most elite boarding school having grown up on a diet of government cheese and powdered milk.
His dad couldn’t read. His buddy Jeb, meanwhile, lived in the same dormitory and would become Florida’s governor, while Jeb’s father and brother would both go on become president of the United States.
Parker had gotten a scholarship to Phillips Academy in Massachusetts, and it was a gift that dramatically altered his life’s trajectory, opening doors unimaginable to him as a poor child growing up in Pittsburgh. Those doors would lead to the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and then the heights of corporate America.
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the need for nurses is seen at the forefront of the community now more than ever.
As the pandemic continues to rage on, leaders in the local health care field have made it a priority to educate the community about the region’s growing need for nurses, who serve on the frontlines of health care.
At a virtual panel event Thursday, members of the local health care field and members of the nonprofit community discussed the need for nurses in the community as health care providers see burnout and fatigue brought on by the pandemic. Educating the community about quality nursing programs is a top priority for them.