Famous People with Name Clark

Clark Clifton Kellogg Jr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Clifton Kellogg Jr: is a college basketball analyst and former player in the National Basketball Association.Clark 'Special K' Kellogg attended St.Joseph's High School in Cleveland, Ohio and had a high school basketball career generally regarded as the finest in Cleveland history. The highlight was a 79-65 loss in the state championship game to Columbus East that saw Kellogg score 51. This 51 point game is still an Ohio state finals record. Was just as highly rated as fellow preps James Worthy and Isiah Thomas.

Clark Graebner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Graebner: is an American professional tennis player, originally from Cleveland, Ohio, who won a number of championships. He graduated from Northwestern University, where he joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity. Graebner's wife Carole also was a successful touring tennis professional.

Clark Murray            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Murray: an American sculptor who is best known for his large outdoor constructions of welded and painted steel pipes.

Clark Leonard Hull            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Leonard Hull: was an influential American psychologist who sought to explain learning and motivation by scientific laws of behavior. Born in Akron, New York, Hull obtained bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Michigan, and in 1918 a PhD in from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also taught from 1916 to 1929. His doctoral research on "Quantitative Aspects of the Evolution of Concepts" was published in Psychological Monographs.Hull conducted research demonstrating that his theories could predict and control behavior. His most significant works were the Mathematico-Deductive Theory of Rote Learning (1940), and Principles of Behavior (1943), which established his analysis of animal learning and conditioning as the dominant learning theory of its time. Hull is known for his debates with Edward C. Tolman. He is also known for his work in Drive Theory. Hull’s model is couched in evolutionary terms: Organisms suffer deprivation. Deprivation creates needs. Needs activate drives. Drives activate behavior. Behavior is goal directed. Achieving the goal has survival value.

Clark Coolidge            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clark Coolidge: is an American poet born in Providence, Rhode Island.Often associated with the Language School, his experience as a Jazz drummer and interest in a wide array of subjects--- including caves, geology, bebop, weather, Salvador Dalí, Jack Kerouac, and movies-

Rush Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rush Clark: was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Iowa, who died on the floor of Congress in 1879. He was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1860 to 1864, serving as Speaker of the House in 1863 and 1864, served on the staff of Governor

Robert "Bob" Curtis Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert "Bob" Curtis Clark: is a former teacher, civil servant and provincial level politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1960 to 1981. During his career he served as Leader of the Alberta Social Credit Party and Leader of the Official Opposition. After his provincial political career, he served as the Alberta Ethics Commissioner from April 1, 1992 to March 31, 2003. Clark was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in a by-election held in the electoral district of Didsbury on November 30, 1960. The by-election was caused by the death of the previous member James Owens. Clark won the hotly contested three way race for the Socreds by doubling the votes of second place candidate J.A. Lore of the Liberals. He became the youngest Alberta provincial MLA winning the electoral district at age of twenty-three years old. Clark was appointed to the cabinet by Premier Ernest Manning in 1966. Manning appointed Clark as Minister of Youth due to his young age. Clark was chosen as Official Opposition leader by the Social Credit caucus in September 1973 after James Henderson left the caucus to sit as an independent.

Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark: is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician. He served as the 16th Prime Minister of Canada, from June 4, 1979, to March 3, 1980.He came to power in the 1979 election, defeating the Liberal government of Pierre Trudeau and ending sixteen continuous years of Liberal rule. Taking office the day before his 40th birthday, Clark is the youngest person to become Prime Minister. His tenure was brief as he only won a minority government, and it was defeated on a motion of non-confidence. Clark subsequently lost the 1980 election and the leadership of the party in 1983.

Lewis Mitchell "Mickey" Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lewis Mitchell "Mickey" Clark: was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1986 sitting with the Progressive Conservative caucus in government.Clark ran for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the Drumheller electoral district for the 1979 Alberta general election. He defeated four other candidates in a hotly contested race to pick up the seat for his party.

William George Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William George Clark: was a merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented York—Sunbury in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1940 as a Liberal member. Clark was the 19th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 1940 to 1945.