Background
Clark, Dick was born on September 14, 1928 in Central City, Iowa, United States. Son of Clarence and Bernice Clark.
Clark, Dick was born on September 14, 1928 in Central City, Iowa, United States. Son of Clarence and Bernice Clark.
Student, University Maryland, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1952. Bachelor, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, 1953. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, 1973.
Master of Arts, University Iowa, Iowa City, 1956. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Parsons College, 1973. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Mount Mercy College.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Drake University. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Cornell College. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Haverford College.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), St. Ambrose College. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Loras College. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Elizabethtown College, 1986.
Instructor University Iowa, Iowa City, 1956-1959. Assistant professor history Upper Iowa University, 1959-1964, president faculty. Chairman Office Emergency Planning, Iowa, 1963-1964.
Administrative assistant Congressman John C. Culver, 1965-1972. National political organizer Presidential campaign staff Robert F. Kennedy, 1968. Member United States Senate from Iowa, 1973-1979, chairman African affairs sub-committee of foreign relations Committee, member rules committee, foreign relations committee, agriculture committee, committee on aging, Democratic steering committee.
Director Congressional Program Aspen Institute, Washington, since 1980. President Members of Congress for Peace through Law, 1975-1976. Ambassador-at-large United States Department of State in charge of America Refugee Program, 1979.
Deputy campaign manager for Presidential campaign Edward M. Kennedy, 1980.
American Historical Association, Conference on European History, American Association of University Profs, and Conference on Slavic and East European History, Members of Congress for Peace Through Law, former member Senate Agriculture and Foreign Relations Committees, Special Committee on Aging, Rules Committee, Democratic Steering Committee.
Reading, tennis, painting, music, theatre.
Married Jean Gross, 1954 (divorced 1976). Children– Thomas Richard, Julie Ann. Married Julie Kennett, 1977.