Background
Clark, Wallace Henderson was born on May 16, 1924 in La Grange, Georgia, United States. Son of Wallace Henderson and Sue Brown (Vaughan) Clark.
Clark, Wallace Henderson was born on May 16, 1924 in La Grange, Georgia, United States. Son of Wallace Henderson and Sue Brown (Vaughan) Clark.
Student, The Citadel, 1943. Bachelor of Science, Tulane University, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, Tulane University, 1947.
Master of Arts (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1986.
Rotating intern Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, 1948-1949, resident in pathology, 1947-1948, Tulane University School Medicine, New Orleans, 1949-1952, instructor department pathology, 1949-1952, assistant professor, 1954-1958, associate professor, 1958-1961, professor, 1961-1962. Assistant professor department pathology Harvard Medical School at Massachusetts General Hospital, 1962-1968, clinical associate professor, 1968-1969. Member Fels Research Institute, Temple University School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1969-1978, professor department pathology, 1969-1978, chairman department, 1974-1978.
Research professor department dermatology and pathology University Pennsylvania School Medicine, since 1978, professor, department dermatology and pathology, since 1986. Shelley Memorial lecturer and visiting professor Johns Hopkins University School Medicine, Baltimore, 1981.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1947. Medical Corps United States Army, 1952-1954. Member American Society Experimental Pathology, American Academy Dermatology, American Academy Dermatology and Syphilolgy (Gold award 1958), American Academy Dermatology (Lila Gruber award for outstanding research on cancer 1983), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Cell Biology, American Society Dermatopathology, International Academy Pathology, American Association Cancer Research, American Association Pathology and Bacteriology, International Academy Pathology (member advisory council), Society Surgical Oncology (Lucy Wortham James award 1975, 86), James Ewing Society, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Clubs: Harvard (Boston).
Married Patricia Ann Denoncour, April 28, 1973. Children: Wallace H., James M., Ann H., Carol V., Kristin D., Kathryn L.