* Louis W. Parker; Inventor Helped Develop TV

Louis W. Parker, 87, millionaire inventor who synchronized television sound and helped Apollo astronauts gauge oxygen supplies on the moon. Born Lazlo Kolozsy in Budapest, Hungary, he immigrated to the United States in 1923 and changed his name to Louis Parker because it sounded more American. He held more than 250 patents, including his most famous invention, the Intercarrier Sound System, which he developed in 1947 to synchronize television sound. Years later he invented a meter that enabled astronauts to monitor their oxygen supplies while walking on the moon. Parker was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Crystal City, Va., in 1988. He was also known as a philanthropist who donated $1.1 million for the Parker Playhouse in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. On Monday in Ft. Lauderdale of a heart attack.