He was a past trustee of the Citizens Budget Commission and in the 1960's served for two years as general chairman of the United Hospital Fund.

He was a past trustee of Smith College and in recent years served as chairman of a publications subcommittee at the Holocaust Memorial Museum.

He was a past trustee and treasurer of the City Club.

Sutton Place Synagogue records with deep sorrow the loss of our longtime member, past trustee and benefactor.

He was a lifetime trustee of DePauw and a past trustee of the San Francisco Law Library.

Mr. Parten was a past trustee of the University of Texas.

He was a past trustee of the California Institute of Technology and currently was chairman of its capital campaign as well as its finance committee.

He was a past trustee of the Folger Library and the American consultant for the Oxford University Shakespeare Project.

He is a past trustee of the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, a "good government" civic group.

He was a past trustee of the Darien Library and a selectman in the town of Darien.