Background
Clarke, Lambuth McGeehee was born on October 4, 1923 in Salisbury, Maryland. Son of Hawes Palmore and Jessie Lee (Ham) Clarke.
Clarke, Lambuth McGeehee was born on October 4, 1923 in Salisbury, Maryland. Son of Hawes Palmore and Jessie Lee (Ham) Clarke.
Bachelor, Randolph-Macon College, 1944; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Randolph-Macon College, 1969; Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, 1948; postgraduate, U. Birmingham, 1948; postgraduate, Harvard University, 1982.
English instructor, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, 1948-1951; assistant to president, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, 1951-1958; vice president development, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, 1958-1966; president, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, 1966-1992; president emeritus, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, since 1992; also trustee, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk acting president, Randolph-Macon Womans' College, 1993-1994.
Board of directors Virginia Symphony, Norfolk, 1970-1988, trustee, since 1990. Board directors Leigh Memorial Hospital, later Medical Center Hospitals, 1970-1982, Norfolk Forum, 1970-1980, World Affairs Council, 1972-1976, Young Men’s Christian Association, Norfolk, 1972-1978, Station WHRO-television, 1972-1976, Greater Norfolk Corporation, 1978-1992, Committee of 101-Future of Hampton Rds., Norfolk, 1983-1992, Order of Cape Henry 1607, Norfolk, Va.Eye Foundation, Norfolk, 1973-1992, Virginia Council Churches, 1978-1982. Trustee Virginia Foundation Indiana Colls., Richmond, 1982-1992, vice-chairman, 1990-1992, associate, 1992-1997.
Trustee Randolph-Macon Womans College, 1992-1997, honorary trustee, since 1998. Member university senate United Methodist Church, Nashville, 1988-1992, board directors, general board higher education, 1980-1988, delegate jurisdictional conference, 1976-1996,general conference, 1980-1992. Advisory board DePaul Medical Center, Norfolk, 1988-1996.
Board directors Lee's Friends, Tidewater Scholarship Foundation, Westminster-Canterbury of Hampton Rds., Portsmouth Museum Foundation, Inc., Norfolk Botanical Gardens Foundation. Chairman administrative board Larchmont United Methodist Church, 1993. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Member Society Alumni Randolph-Macon College (board directors), Society of the Cincinnati, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Lambda Chi Alpha.
Married Alice Royall Acree, July16, 1955. Children: Leighton Krips, Palmore, Jessica, Virginia Hitch.
