Background
Clark, George Lindenberg was born on September 6, 1892 in Anderson, Indiana, United States. Son of Ralph Bliven and Olive (Burnett) Clark.
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George Lindenberg Clark
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Bachelor of Arts, DePauw University, 1914. Master of Sciences, University of Chicago, 1914, Doctor of Philosophy, 1918. Doctor of Science, DePauw University, 1937.
Career
Instructor in chemistry, DePauw University, 1914-1916, 19. Associate professor of chemistry, Vanderbilt, 1919-1921. National research fellow, Harvard, 1921-1924.
Assistant professor applied chairman research, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1924-1927 (installed and directed first industrial X-ray research laboratory).
Professor of chemistry University of Illinois, 1927-1953. Research professor analytical chemistry, 1953-1960, emeritus 1960, visiting professor DePauw University, 1961.
Chairman Merchants Property Insurance Company of Indiana. Director Clark-Merchants., Incorporated.
Achievements
Membership
Member, past chairman Concert and Entertainment Board, University of Illinois, 1934-1936, 38-51. Member Nashville Symphony Orchestra, 1920-1921, University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, 1938-1944. Served as Lieutenant C.W.S., American U. Experiment Station, 1918.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Chemical Society, (Mobile-Pensacola section award, 1952), American Crystallographic Association, American Institute Chemists, Radiol Society American, American Society Testing Materials (Marburg Memorial lecturer 1927), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa Associates, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Beta Theta Pi, Alpha Chi Sigma. Mason (32 degree, Knight of the Order of the Thistle).
Clubs: National Exchange, Torch, University.
Connections
Married Mary Mason Johnson, June 19, 1919. Children: Mary Ann (deceased), Ralph Burnett, George Mason, Jean Louise, Carolyn Johnson.
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Religion
Methodist