Background
Clark, Herbert Watson was born on August 28, 1882 in Crockett County, Tennessee, United States. Son of John S. and Nancy Clara (Watson) Clark.
Clark, Herbert Watson was born on August 28, 1882 in Crockett County, Tennessee, United States. Son of John S. and Nancy Clara (Watson) Clark.
Educated private tutors and public schools of New Mexico. Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1905, Master of Arts, 1906, Bachelor of Laws, 1908, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1935.
Admitted to New Mexico bar, 1908, California bar, 1917, Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1921. Assistant United States district attorney, New Mexico, Las Vegas, 1909-1913. In active general practice, San Francisco, since 1917.
Member firm of Morrison, Foerster, Holloway, Clinton & Clark.
Special assistant to the United States attorney general 1927-1928. Director Dinwiddie Construction Company, and other corporations Chairman New Mexico Republican State Central Committee, 1912-1914.
Member Committee of Bar Examiners, State California, 1938-1942, chairman, 1941-1942. Member Attorney General’s National Committee to Study Antitrust Laws, 1954-1955.
Member Hoover Commission Task Force, 1954-1955.
Member of the American Bar Foundation, state bars California, New Mexico, American Federal, San Francisco bar associations, American Law Institute (council of survey of legal profession), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa Associates, Sigma Phi. Mason.; Clubs: Bohemian (San Francisco).
Married Jeannette Louisiana Rue, June 16, 1909. Children: Barbara (Mistress Barbara Clark Blaisdell), Herbert West. (deceased).