Background

Clarke, Joseph Brian was born on December 2, 1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Kirkwood Johnson and Ethel May (Thomas) Clarke.

Education

Student, Ryerson Institute Technology, 1957-1961.

Career

Sales supervisor, Moore Business Forms, Toronto, 1961-1965; vice president marketing, Deluxe Reading Corporation, Toronto, 1966; executive vice president, Coleco (Canada) Ltd., Montreal, 1967-1978; president, Coleco (Canada) Ltd., 1978-1981; chairman, president, chief Executive officer, Coleco (Canada) Ltd., since 1981; vice president international marketing, Coleco Industries, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut, 1970-1981; executive vice president, Coleco Industries, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut, 1981-1985; president, chief operating officer, Coleco Industries, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut, 1985-1988; president, chief Executive officer, Coleco Industries, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut, since 1988.

Achievements

• Joseph Brian Clarke has been listed as a noteworthy Manufacturing company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Mayor City of Barkmere, Quebec, Canada. Board directors Watkinson School, Junior Achievement North Center Connecticut.

Connections

Children: Johanna, Krystina.

Father:

Kirkwood Johnson Clarke

Mother:

Ethel May (Thomas) Clarke

child:

Krystina Clarke

child:

Johanna Clarke