Background
Clark, Carl Cyrus was born on April 23, 1924 in Manila. Came to the United States, 1926. Son of Edward Leeds and Eleanor Frances (Fowle) Clark.
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Carl Cyrus Clark
Edit Profileconsultant automotive safety company executive
Education
Studies in mechanic engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1941-1942; Bachelor of Science in Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1944; Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, Columbia University, 1950.
Career
Assistant professor zoology University Illinois, Urbana, 1951-1956. Head biophysics division Aviation Medical Acceleration Laboratory Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, Pennsylvania, 1955-1961. Manager life science department Martin Company, Baltimore, 1961-1966.
Chief task group on industry self-regulation National Commission on Product Safety, 1968-1970. Head life science department Worcester (Massachusetts) Polytechnic Institute, 1972-1974. Physical scientist National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, 1977-1990.
President Safety Systems Company, Baltimore, from 1990. Board directors Millennium Motor Company. Spectroscopy consultant Coca Cola Company, 1947-1952.
Assistant professor zoology University Illinois, Urbana, 1951-1956. Research associate, assistant professor physiology University Pennsylvania School Medicine, 1955-1961. Consultant in life science Institute for Defense Analysis, 1964-1966.
Associate chief science and technical division, reference department Library. of Congress, 1967-1968. Guest lecturer system safety George Washington University School Continuing Engineering Education, 1977-1985, lecturer accident reconstruction and analysis, 1986-1991. Staff consultant consumer product safety National Bureau Standards, 1970-1971.
Senior staff Monsour Medical Foundation, 1974-1977. Director Commission for Advancement of Public Interest Organizations, 1974-1975. Experimenter Health Satellite Project, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1975-1977.
Vice chairman acceleration panel Armed Forces-National Research Council Committee on Bioastronautics, 1958-1962. Delegate aeromedical panel of advisory group for aeronautical Research and Development, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Athens, 1959, Munich, 1965, Opporto, Portugal, 1971. Consultant on transportation safety.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Systems Safety Society (president Washington chapter 1976-1978, national vice president 1978-1980), Aerospace Medical Association (associate, program committee 1964-1965). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Sciences (committee on hearing, bioacoustics, and biomechanics, committee highway safety, highway research board 1965-1969), Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Pan American Medical Association (honorary, life), Society Automotive Engineers, Association for Advancement of Automotive Medicine.
Connections
Married Elizabeth A. Taylor, December 20, 1947. Children: Roger, Austen, Andrew, Amy.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1942
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1944
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1950