Background
CLARK, Kenneth was born on July 24, 1914 in Canal Zone, Panama. Son of Arthur Bancroft Clark and Miriam Hanson Clark.
CLARK, Kenneth was born on July 24, 1914 in Canal Zone, Panama. Son of Arthur Bancroft Clark and Miriam Hanson Clark.
AB, Howard University, 1935. Master of Science, Howard University, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1940.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), City College of New York, City University of New York, 1987. Honorary degree, North Carolina State University, 1986.
Staff psychology department City College of New York, 1942-1975, professor, 1960-1970, Distinguished University professor, 1970-1975, professor emeritus, 1975—2005. Visiting professor psychology Columbia University, summer 1955, University California-Berkeley, summer 1958, Harvard University, summer 1965. Research director Northside Center for Child Development.
Social science consultant legal and educational division National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Consultant personnel division United States Department State, 1961-1968, 76-77, member committee on foreign affairs personnel, 1961-1962. President Metropolitan Applied Research Center Corporation, 1967-1975.
Chairman board, president Clark, Phipps, Clark & Harris Inc., 1975-1986. President Kenneth B. Clark & Associates, Inc. Board directors Presidential Life Insurance.
Board regents State of New York, 1966-1986. Trustee University Chicago, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1980-1987. Fellow American Psychological Association (director 1969, president 1970-1971).
Member Society Psychological Studies Social Issues (council since 1954, president 1959-1960), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Clubs: Century Association.
Married Mamie Phipps, April 14, 1938 (deceased 1983). Children: Kate Miriam, Hilton Bancroft.