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Dr. Forrest W. Parkay. With a double-r. This post is for me, and for anyone in Forrest’s family-tree or extended family that might stumble across it years later, wondering what might this man have done for the world. A Google <\/em>or DuckDuckGo<\/em> search will provide evidence that he did, indeed, care about leaving the world a place better than he found it, one community at a time. However, this post isn’t about that. This post is about what he did for me, a relative nobody. He probably did the same for countless students, and I’m aware of at least two others that shared similar circumstances, but what he did for me should be recorded. When you, his family member or friend stumble across this, smile. Forrest was a caring man.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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My first graduate\ncourse at the Washington State University was facilitated by Forrest.\n He was (until then) the only the second person I’d met in my\nlifetime that had earned a doctorate, but insisted that we address\nhim by only his given name, “Forrest”. The first paper I\nturned in to him, I misspelled his name as “Forest”. He\nput an “r” in a circle, drew the little arrow-thingy, and\nnever said a word about it. I never forgot how to spell his name.\nForrest was incredibly soft-spoken. He never once demonstrated how\nperturbed he must have been with me. I never heard him raise his\nvoice about anything. I always admired his ability to remain calm.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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At the end of that course we turned in (what was for me at that time a mammoth undertaking) a paper that Forrest wanted to be at least 25 pages in length. I had written 31 pages; I kept it. I\u2019m looking at it right now. When he returned the final-paper with the mark I’d earned he had only one comment on the thing, “Vincent, you may want to consider headings in a paper of this length as your academic pursuits continue.” I had zero headings<\/em>. I had written (in his opinion) a perfect paper otherwise, logically presented and well organized, but never thought to sub-divide it into sections. I earned an A in that course despite minor deductions for the absence of APA headings on that particular assignment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Forrest was not the chair of my Master’s committee, but he was a member and an integral member. He kept me from a real panic attack about being locked in a room for two days with nothing but blue-books and pens. “Just write what you know, Vincent; you know this and I know you.” I did. I passed. He was the first to offer congratulations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I eventually\ncompleted a PhD on my second attempt at a dissertation, with Forrest\nas my chair. But a brief note on the failure, first. I had assembled\na top-notch committee for my topic on the first one (not Forrest–my\ntopic wasn’t in his wheelhouse). I had a multi-disciplinary team, and\nit was framed to win some awards, probably for my\ncommittee-members\u2014perhaps less so for me. However, the chair had a\nstroke and never was able to return to work. One person was hired\naway by the Air Force for a secretive vision-research project. The\nother was hired away by another university. I was in essence,\ncommittee-less. Nobody would touch my topic when I tried to form\nanother committee. I’d already defended the proposal, so I was pretty\nmuch all but dissertation (ABD) without any hope.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I moved to China in\n2004, still ABD (for over two years), setting off on adventure. I\nhelped two other people start a language school in the capital of\nYunnan province, Kunming. In my second month there I got an email\nfrom Forrest. “Vincent! I hear you are in Kunming! I’ll be\nthere next month, we should have a drink and catch up!” We did.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Over Chinese noodles, Forrest’s first question to me was, “So how about your dissertation?” I answered, “I’ll be ABD forever, Forrest. Nobody wants to be on my committee.” He shocked me by replying, “You’ve come too far. Don (my first chair) and I have been discussing you. I am willing to chair your committee, but there is a ‘small’ caveat.” I didn’t know what to say. I didn’t say anything. Forrest continued, “You’ll have to start over. I know that sounds like a lot, but nobody will touch your topic or your structure; it’s too complex. I have a new topic for you. ‘Transnational Education or TNE’ as people are calling it.” We discussed the particulars, and he said, “It’ll be quick and dirty.” <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I said in the\nacknowledgments of my dissertation that my study would still be\n\u201cpiled in a heap of field notes\u201d, if it hadn’t been for Forrest. \nWhile that’s true, it doesn’t even begin to describe the countless\nconversations, the visits, the consultations, the edits, and the\nstern admonitions when I veered off-topic. I presented Forrest with\na first draft that was 883 pages. He sent it back after reading the\nfirst 20 pages, with only one comment: “Vincent, hire an editor.\nThis is too much, and you cannot write this as a stream of conscious\nnarrative.” I hired two editors. We pared it down to 269\npages.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Forrest invited me to his dissertation course the day before my defense. He told me, “Practice for tomorrow. This will give you a sense of what your committee might ask, because these graduate students will want to know everything.” That calmed my nerves more than I know, even now. He was there, taking notes. We had dinner that evening and he critiqued me. I felt completely prepared for the next day.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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After the defense, I\nwas asked to leave the room while my committee deliberated my fate. \nI stood in the hallway with my life-partner, she of the\nrational-logical engineering background, telling me how great I’d\nbeen. It seemed like forever, waiting. Suddenly, Forrest walked out\nof the room. He seemed to look through me. He walked past me and to\nthe front desk in the reception area. I almost got sick. Imposter\n<\/em>S<\/em>yndrome<\/em> is real, particularly for first-generation\nstudents, and I was going over everything I might have done wrong.\nHow had I screwed this up? \n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Once Forrest was there in the open, in as loud of a voice as I’d ever heard Dr. Forrest Parkay speak, he shouted, “Has anyone seen Dr. Jerry Vincent Nix?!” My knees buckled. He grinned, sort of skipped toward me, and we embraced. I’m crying now, writing this. I’ll never forget how he convinced me that I was the most important student he’d ever mentored, right then, right there. I wasn’t–but Forrest made us all feel that way.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I had to embargo my study for a year before I could even get it bound. The organization for which I worked tried to get me not to turn it in as written. There was even a story written<\/a> for Inside Higher Education about the experience. Through all of that, Forrest was still rock-solid in support of the data and the evidence, and me. His advocacy was incredible and we made it through the tribulations relatively unscathed. After that one-year embargo I even ordered a few bound copies. I haven\u2019t published that as a book, but I will\u2014maybe when I retire. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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So the picture at the top of this post? Why that specific one? My dissertation uncovered some “shady” practices. One involved a photo-shopped Hilary Clinton onto the cover of a recruiting publication in China. I was in that picture, but Ms. Clinton was not there that day. She was on the cover however. That was some of the evidence I used for my research, that photo-shopped publication. That afternoon, Forrest asked me, “where would you prefer we take our pictures, Vincent?” He drove my partner and I down to the spot I chose. It was his idea for this picture\/pose. “Let’s make room for Hilary Clinton in one!”, he exclaimed. We practiced with my partner between us for the “right space.” It was a happier-than-happy day! It wouldn’t have been possible without Forrest.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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If you find this post while searching for his name or some of his works, use this blog-post as evidence. Forrest W. Parkay, PhD was one of the most important men in my life. He was, as I’ve said to several, like my “third daddy”. Be proud of his legacy. There are many of us that he trained and then set out into the world to make it better. I shall strive continuously to do my part. I will be happier for having met Forrest W. Parkay and changing my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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