Biographical details | |
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Born | January 21, 1877 Springfield, Massachusetts |
Died | January 20, 1963 Charlemont, Massachusetts |
Alma mater | Yale College |
Playing career | |
1896-1899 | Yale College |
1901-1902 | Harvard College |
1902-1908 | 17th Separate Company of Flushing New York |
1909-1910 | Poughkeepsie Bridge Jumpers of the Hudson River Basketball League |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
1901-1902 | Harvard College |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 20-13 |
John Kirkland Clark, Sr. (January 21, 1877 - January 20, 1963) was an American lawyer, college basketball player and the first head coach of the Harvard College men's basketball team. Clark was a New York City assistant district attorney under Charles S. Whitman, the New York County District Attorney. In New York, Clark was appointed to investigate and prosecute cases of corruption. [1] He was president of the New York State Board of Law Examiners from 1921 his retirement in 1943. [2] Clark served as a member of the Loyalty Review Board established by U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
Clark was born on January 21, 1877, in Springfield, Massachusetts to Edward Perkins Clark editorial writer for the New York Evening Post and the writer Kate Upson Clark. [3] [4] Clark grew up in Springfield, Milwaukee, Washington DC and Philadelphia before his family settled in Brooklyn. [5] Clark graduated from Yale College in 1899 and from Harvard Law School in 1902. Clark's brothers were Charles Upson Clark who discovered the Barberini Codex and George Maxwell, President of Clark & Gibby, Inc. of New York. [6] He died on January 20, 1963. [7]
Clark played three seasons for Yale College men's basketball from 1896-1899 as a 5'10" 160 lb Guard. While attending Harvard Law School, Clark brought basketball to the attention of the Harvard Athletics Department and served as the first head coach as well as player for the Harvard College men's basketball team for the 1901 and 1902 seasons. [8] [9] [10] For the first Harvard Yale basketball game in 1901 Clark served as referee instead of a player because he was a Yale alum and his brother George Maxwell Clark was playing for Yale. [11] Clark posted a 20-13 record at Harvard. Clark played independent basketball for the 17th Separate Company of Flushing New York from 1902-1908 and for the Poughkeepsie Bridge Jumpers for the Hudson River Basketball League 1909-1910.
The Assembly Graft Investigating Committee met this evening and appointed as its counsel John Kirkland Clark, one of District Attorney Whitman's assistants, who has been prominent in the Whitman investigations. Mr. Clark was present at the meeting, and accepted the appointment.
Lawyer: b. Springfield, Mass., Jan. 21, 1877; to Edward P. and Catherine P. (Upson) Clark (mother is well-known author "Kate Upson Clark"); grad. Polytechnic Prep. Sch., Brooklyn, ... Yale Univ., A.Lit., 1899, Harvard Law Sch., LL.B., cum laude, 1902; m. N. Y. City, June 16, 1903, Margaret Chalmers Holbrook; children: Anna Holbrook Clark, b. 1904, John Kirkland Clark, Jr., b. 1906. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1903; associated with Hornblower, Byrne, Miller & Potter, 1902-04; now one of attorneys in Legal Dep't, N. Y. Life Ins. Co. Independent Republican. Congregationalism Mem. Ass'n Bar N. Y. City, Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Alpha Delta Phi. Address: 746 St. Nicholas Av., N. Y. City.
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John Kirkland Clark, president of the New York State Board of Law Examiners from 1921 his retirement in 1943, died on Saturday after a long illness. ...