"I weaned Ed Parker from a prestigious position at the then Ryerson Polytechnical Institute to be the social advisor to Joseph Hirshhorn. In this role Parker proved himself to be a genius. He made Hirshhorn into a socially presentable financial wizard rather than the astute rascal he was."

- Franc R. Joubin, Geologist

"Intelligent, talented, perhaps a touch flamboyant, Ed was a true product of Winnipeg's North End, during the golden years of its flowering, when it gave Canada many outstanding personalities. Ed Parker was among the select group of its eternal creators and disturbers."