Background
West, Clark Darwin was born on July 4, 1918 in Jamestown, New York, United States. Son of Clark Darwin and Frances Isabel (Blanchard) W.
educator pediatric nephrologist
West, Clark Darwin was born on July 4, 1918 in Jamestown, New York, United States. Son of Clark Darwin and Frances Isabel (Blanchard) W.
Bachelor of Arts, College of Wooster, 1940; Doctor of Medicine University of Michigan, 1943.
Intern, University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1943-1944; resident in pediatrics, University Hospital, 1944-1946; fellow in pediatrics, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, 1948-1949; research associate, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, 1951-1989; associate director, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, 1963-1989; director division immunology and nephrology, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, 1958-1989; with cardiopulmonary laboratory chest service, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1949-1951; attending pediatrician, Children's Hospital, 1951-1989; assistant professor pediatrics, U. Cincinnati, 1951-1955; associate professor, U. Cincinnati, 1955-1962; professor, U. Cincinnati, 1962-1989. Member committees National Institutes of Health, 1965-1969, 1972-1973.
Served to captain Medical Corps, Army of the United States, 1946-1947. Member Society Pediatric Research (secretary-treasurer 1958-1962, president 1963-1964), American Pediatric Society, American Society Pediatric Nephrologists (president 1973-1974, Founders award 2008), American Physiological Society, American Association Immunologists, American Society Nephrology, International Pediatric Nephrology Association, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Ruthann Asbury, April 12, 1944 (divorced). Children: Charles Michael, John Clark, Lucy Frances. Married Dolores Lachenman, March 1, 1986.