Dale Duncan Clark, 97, died suddenly on August 20, 2008 of age-related causes.
He was born August 23, 1910 in Farmington, Utah to Amasa Lyman Clark and Susan Duncan Clark and worked for a time at the Davis County Bank, which was founded by his grandfather.
He had a long and distinguished public service career, retiring from the US Department of State's Agency for International Development. Much of his career was spent in Washington, D.C., where he worked for the Department of Agriculture in the 1950's and the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the 1960's.
During World War II he served as a Navy officer working in military government in London and Berlin. At the end of the war, he accompanied a group of liberated, anti-Nazi Germans to Capri in Italy, where they conceived a new political party for post-War Germany. He later received the Legion of Merit.
From 1931-33, he served an LDS Mission in Germany, which sparked a lifelong interest in political science. After his mission, he toured Germany by bicycle, filing stories for Salt Lake newspapers, and eventually traveled to Scandinavia and Israel. Upon his return, he finished his undergraduate studies at the University of Utah, attended Columbia University and earned a Ph.D from Harvard.
He taught at Harvard in the 1940s and later performed diplomatic missions in Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East. In 1952, he founded International Voluntary Services, considered a prototype for the Peace Corps. He valued his friendships in the McLean (Va.) Ward, where he was a member from 1964-93, as he did later friendships in the Bountiful Hills Ward upon his return to Utah in 1993.
Intellectually engaged and charming to the end, he delighted friends and family with his wit and curiosity. He was proud of his Utah roots and talked of feats at Davis High School as a champion tennis player, debater and boxer. He recounted tales from a colorful youth, in which a bumper crop of onions at age 18 made him a self-proclaimed "onion king," earning enough for college tuition and a car. He once hopped a freight train from Farmington to Chicago "just for kicks." But one of his favorite stories was of how he met his future wife, Ruth Erikson, at a Washington, D.C. church social. She rigged the dance card, he claimed, saying, "I was the victim of a plot and I later accused her of misuse of church authority, duplicity and a half dozen other crimes and misdemeanors. And I never let her forget it. But she never seemed to mind the accusations." They were married for 61 years and he was at her side when she died in February 2008.
He is survived by eight children, Kristina, Washington, D.C.; Jill (Dave) LaFrance, Leesburg, Va.; Jim, Fairfax, Va.; Jayne, Washington, D.C.; Lewis (Maureen), Bountiful; Douglas, Draper; Alan, Fairfax, Va.; Alexandra (Randy) Monk, Leesburg, Va.; 20 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three children, Peter, Erik and Jonathan.
Funeral Services will be held on Monday August 25, 2008 at 11 a.m. at the Old Rock Church, 272 North Main Street, Farmington. Friends may call on Sunday from 5 p.m.- 7 p.m. at Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main Street, Bountiful, and on Monday from 9:45 a.m.- 10:45 a.m. before the services.
Interment: Farmington City Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News from 8/23/2008 - 8/24/2008.
He was born August 23, 1910 in Farmington, Utah to Amasa Lyman Clark and Susan Duncan Clark and worked for a time at the Davis County Bank, which was founded by his grandfather.
He had a long and distinguished public service career, retiring from the US Department of State's Agency for International Development. Much of his career was spent in Washington, D.C., where he worked for the Department of Agriculture in the 1950's and the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the 1960's.
During World War II he served as a Navy officer working in military government in London and Berlin. At the end of the war, he accompanied a group of liberated, anti-Nazi Germans to Capri in Italy, where they conceived a new political party for post-War Germany. He later received the Legion of Merit.
From 1931-33, he served an LDS Mission in Germany, which sparked a lifelong interest in political science. After his mission, he toured Germany by bicycle, filing stories for Salt Lake newspapers, and eventually traveled to Scandinavia and Israel. Upon his return, he finished his undergraduate studies at the University of Utah, attended Columbia University and earned a Ph.D from Harvard.
He taught at Harvard in the 1940s and later performed diplomatic missions in Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East. In 1952, he founded International Voluntary Services, considered a prototype for the Peace Corps. He valued his friendships in the McLean (Va.) Ward, where he was a member from 1964-93, as he did later friendships in the Bountiful Hills Ward upon his return to Utah in 1993.
Intellectually engaged and charming to the end, he delighted friends and family with his wit and curiosity. He was proud of his Utah roots and talked of feats at Davis High School as a champion tennis player, debater and boxer. He recounted tales from a colorful youth, in which a bumper crop of onions at age 18 made him a self-proclaimed "onion king," earning enough for college tuition and a car. He once hopped a freight train from Farmington to Chicago "just for kicks." But one of his favorite stories was of how he met his future wife, Ruth Erikson, at a Washington, D.C. church social. She rigged the dance card, he claimed, saying, "I was the victim of a plot and I later accused her of misuse of church authority, duplicity and a half dozen other crimes and misdemeanors. And I never let her forget it. But she never seemed to mind the accusations." They were married for 61 years and he was at her side when she died in February 2008.
He is survived by eight children, Kristina, Washington, D.C.; Jill (Dave) LaFrance, Leesburg, Va.; Jim, Fairfax, Va.; Jayne, Washington, D.C.; Lewis (Maureen), Bountiful; Douglas, Draper; Alan, Fairfax, Va.; Alexandra (Randy) Monk, Leesburg, Va.; 20 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three children, Peter, Erik and Jonathan.
Funeral Services will be held on Monday August 25, 2008 at 11 a.m. at the Old Rock Church, 272 North Main Street, Farmington. Friends may call on Sunday from 5 p.m.- 7 p.m. at Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main Street, Bountiful, and on Monday from 9:45 a.m.- 10:45 a.m. before the services.
Interment: Farmington City Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News from 8/23/2008 - 8/24/2008.
Dale Duncan Clark, 97, died suddenly on August 20, 2008 of age-related causes.
He was born August 23, 1910 in Farmington, Utah to Amasa Lyman Clark and Susan Duncan Clark and worked for a time at the Davis County Bank, which was founded by his grandfather.
He had a long and distinguished public service career, retiring from the US Department of State's Agency for International Development. Much of his career was spent in Washington, D.C., where he worked for the Department of Agriculture in the 1950's and the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the 1960's.
During World War II he served as a Navy officer working in military government in London and Berlin. At the end of the war, he accompanied a group of liberated, anti-Nazi Germans to Capri in Italy, where they conceived a new political party for post-War Germany. He later received the Legion of Merit.
From 1931-33, he served an LDS Mission in Germany, which sparked a lifelong interest in political science. After his mission, he toured Germany by bicycle, filing stories for Salt Lake newspapers, and eventually traveled to Scandinavia and Israel. Upon his return, he finished his undergraduate studies at the University of Utah, attended Columbia University and earned a Ph.D from Harvard.
He taught at Harvard in the 1940s and later performed diplomatic missions in Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East. In 1952, he founded International Voluntary Services, considered a prototype for the Peace Corps. He valued his friendships in the McLean (Va.) Ward, where he was a member from 1964-93, as he did later friendships in the Bountiful Hills Ward upon his return to Utah in 1993.
Intellectually engaged and charming to the end, he delighted friends and family with his wit and curiosity. He was proud of his Utah roots and talked of feats at Davis High School as a champion tennis player, debater and boxer. He recounted tales from a colorful youth, in which a bumper crop of onions at age 18 made him a self-proclaimed "onion king," earning enough for college tuition and a car. He once hopped a freight train from Farmington to Chicago "just for kicks." But one of his favorite stories was of how he met his future wife, Ruth Erikson, at a Washington, D.C. church social. She rigged the dance card, he claimed, saying, "I was the victim of a plot and I later accused her of misuse of church authority, duplicity and a half dozen other crimes and misdemeanors. And I never let her forget it. But she never seemed to mind the accusations." They were married for 61 years and he was at her side when she died in February 2008.
He is survived by eight children, Kristina, Washington, D.C.; Jill (Dave) LaFrance, Leesburg, Va.; Jim, Fairfax, Va.; Jayne, Washington, D.C.; Lewis (Maureen), Bountiful; Douglas, Draper; Alan, Fairfax, Va.; Alexandra (Randy) Monk, Leesburg, Va.; 20 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three children, Peter, Erik and Jonathan.
Funeral Services will be held on Monday August 25, 2008 at 11 a.m. at the Old Rock Church, 272 North Main Street, Farmington. Friends may call on Sunday from 5 p.m.- 7 p.m. at Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main Street, Bountiful, and on Monday from 9:45 a.m.- 10:45 a.m. before the services.
Interment: Farmington City Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News from 8/23/2008 - 8/24/2008.
He was born August 23, 1910 in Farmington, Utah to Amasa Lyman Clark and Susan Duncan Clark and worked for a time at the Davis County Bank, which was founded by his grandfather.
He had a long and distinguished public service career, retiring from the US Department of State's Agency for International Development. Much of his career was spent in Washington, D.C., where he worked for the Department of Agriculture in the 1950's and the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the 1960's.
During World War II he served as a Navy officer working in military government in London and Berlin. At the end of the war, he accompanied a group of liberated, anti-Nazi Germans to Capri in Italy, where they conceived a new political party for post-War Germany. He later received the Legion of Merit.
From 1931-33, he served an LDS Mission in Germany, which sparked a lifelong interest in political science. After his mission, he toured Germany by bicycle, filing stories for Salt Lake newspapers, and eventually traveled to Scandinavia and Israel. Upon his return, he finished his undergraduate studies at the University of Utah, attended Columbia University and earned a Ph.D from Harvard.
He taught at Harvard in the 1940s and later performed diplomatic missions in Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East. In 1952, he founded International Voluntary Services, considered a prototype for the Peace Corps. He valued his friendships in the McLean (Va.) Ward, where he was a member from 1964-93, as he did later friendships in the Bountiful Hills Ward upon his return to Utah in 1993.
Intellectually engaged and charming to the end, he delighted friends and family with his wit and curiosity. He was proud of his Utah roots and talked of feats at Davis High School as a champion tennis player, debater and boxer. He recounted tales from a colorful youth, in which a bumper crop of onions at age 18 made him a self-proclaimed "onion king," earning enough for college tuition and a car. He once hopped a freight train from Farmington to Chicago "just for kicks." But one of his favorite stories was of how he met his future wife, Ruth Erikson, at a Washington, D.C. church social. She rigged the dance card, he claimed, saying, "I was the victim of a plot and I later accused her of misuse of church authority, duplicity and a half dozen other crimes and misdemeanors. And I never let her forget it. But she never seemed to mind the accusations." They were married for 61 years and he was at her side when she died in February 2008.
He is survived by eight children, Kristina, Washington, D.C.; Jill (Dave) LaFrance, Leesburg, Va.; Jim, Fairfax, Va.; Jayne, Washington, D.C.; Lewis (Maureen), Bountiful; Douglas, Draper; Alan, Fairfax, Va.; Alexandra (Randy) Monk, Leesburg, Va.; 20 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three children, Peter, Erik and Jonathan.
Funeral Services will be held on Monday August 25, 2008 at 11 a.m. at the Old Rock Church, 272 North Main Street, Farmington. Friends may call on Sunday from 5 p.m.- 7 p.m. at Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main Street, Bountiful, and on Monday from 9:45 a.m.- 10:45 a.m. before the services.
Interment: Farmington City Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News from 8/23/2008 - 8/24/2008.
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