Background
Clark, Rufus Bradbury was born on May 11, 1924 in Des Moines. Son of Rufus Bradbury and Gertrude Martha (Burns) Clark.
Clark, Rufus Bradbury was born on May 11, 1924 in Des Moines. Son of Rufus Bradbury and Gertrude Martha (Burns) Clark.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1948. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1951. Diploma in law, Oxford University, England, 1952.
Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Church Division School Pacific, San Francisco, 1983.
Associate O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, 1952-1962, senior partner, 1961-1993. Member management committee, 1983-1990. Of counsel O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, since 1993.
Board directors Economic Resources Corporation, Brain Injury Connection Covina Corporation, British Computer Society Winter Haven Corporation, Avoco International Corporation, John Tracy Clinic, also president 1982-1988, Church Charitable Foundation Episcopal Diocese Los Angeles, since 2000.
Chancellor Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Los Angeles, 1967-2005, chancellor emeritus, since 2006, honorary canon, since 1983. Captain United States Army, 1943-1946. Member of American Bar Association (task force on audit letters 1976-1993, committee on opinions 1988-1992, committee law and accounting, committee on opinions since 2000), Los Angeles County Bar Association, State Bar California (chairman drafting committee on general corporation law 1973-1981, executive committee business law section 1977-1978, drafting committee on nonprofit corporation law 1980-1984, executive committee business law section 1984-1987, secretary 1986-1987, committee nonprofit organizations since 1991, task force and standing committee on opinions since 1999), Chancery Club, Harvard Club.
Married Polly Ann King, September 6, 1949. Children: Cynthia Clark Maxwell, Rufus Bradbury, John Atherton.