Clark was born April 16, 1893, in the Women's and Children’s Hospital in San Francisco, California, though his birth certificate was destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake. He was the son of Arthur B. Clark, a professor of art and architecture at Stanford and the first mayor of Mayfield, California, later part of Palo Alto.
He graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1910, and from Stanford University in 1914.
His principal architectural works at Stanford are the Lou Henry Hoover House (assisting his father), now the residence of the university President, the three John Stauffer laboratories (1960’s), and the Seeley G. Mudd Chemistry Building (1977). His principal works in Palo Alto include the old police and fire station (now the senior citizen’s center), the Lucie Stern Community Center, the President Hotel, the Palo Alto Post Office, the Palo Alto Medical Clinic, and much of the 500 block of Ramona Street. Personal life.
Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1917-1918. Commanding officer 3d Balloon Company. Fellow American Institute of Architects.
Clubs: Kiwanian.
Married Lucile Townley, June 15, 1922. Children— Richard Townley, Dean Townley, Birge Gaylord, Malcolm Mallory.
