Educator and Yale alumnus Leon E. Clark Jr. died on Oct. 25 while hiking with his wife at Great Falls National Park in Virginia.
Mr. Clark, founder and former director of the International Education Program at American University, was a fellow at the Divinity School at the time of his death. He was also a journalist and an international consultant for over 40 years, working in Africa and Asia.
Throughout his career, Mr. Clark sought to promote greater understanding about the cultures of people in developing countries. He was the author of several books and articles, most notably the World Culture Series, which included "Through African Eyes," "Through Indian Eyes," "Through Chinese Eyes," "Through Japanese Eyes" and "Through Middle Eastern Eyes." These works have been used extensively as college and high school textbooks for many years.
Mr. Clark earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Yale in 1961 and 1962 respectively, and held a doctorate in international education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He was a journalist for the U.S. Army and at The Hartford Courant before becoming a teacher in Darien, Connecticut, and a visiting professor at the University of Mysore in India. Prior to joining American University, he served as associate director of the Social Sciences and Humanities Center at Columbia University's Teachers College and as education director of the Population Reference Bureau, associate director of the Government Affairs Institute and a Woodrow Wilson Fellow in Washington, D.C. He retired from American University in 1999.
He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Maria Donoso Clark, and by his stepson, Giri Clark of Boston. Donations in his memory can be made to the Leon E. Clark Jr. Scholarship Fund c/o American University, Office of Development, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20016-8143.
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