Background
Clarke, Edward Owen was born on December 19, 1929 in Baltimore. Son of Edward Owen and Agnes Oakford Clarke.
Clarke, Edward Owen was born on December 19, 1929 in Baltimore. Son of Edward Owen and Agnes Oakford Clarke.
AB magna cum laude, Loyola University, Maryland, 1950. Juris Doctor with honors, University Maryland, 1956.
Law clerk United States District Court Maryland, 1956-1957. Associate Smith, Somerville & Case, Baltimore, 1957-1962, partner, 1962-1971, Piper & Marbury, Baltimore, 1971-1994, member policy and management committee, 1981-1994, managing partner, 1987-1990, co-chairman business division, 1991-1994. Member Governor's Committee to Study Blue Sky Law, 1961.
Member Maryland Commission on Revision Corporation Law, 1965-1966.
Board directors Bon Secours Hospital, 1964-1973, secretary, 1968-1973. Board directors Hospital Cost Analysis Service, 1966-1981. Board president executive council Maryland Hospital Association, 1968-1974, chairman committee on legislation, 1971-1973, treasurer, 1973.
Trustee St. Mary's College Maryland, 1983-1994, chairman board, 1988-1994. Trustee St. Mary's Seminary, University Baltimore, 1986-1989, Loyola High School, Baltimore, 1984-1990, Hannah More Center, 1980-1983. Board directors Helix Health Systems, Inc., 1995-1998, Med Star Health, 1998-2006.
Member Maryland Higher Education Commission, 1994-2004, chairman 1995-2000. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1952-1955. Member Order of Coif, Order of the Ark and the Dove, Plantation Golf and Country Club (Venice, Florida), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Sigma Nu, Tau Kappa Alpha.
Married P. Rhea Parker, December 18, 1954. Children: Deborah Jeanne, Catherine Ann, Carolyn Agnes, Edward Owen III.