Memorial service to honor former UO president Clark.Byline: The Register-Guard A memorial service for former University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. president Robert Donald Clark will be held Wednesday at Beall Hall on the UO campus. The 3 p.m. service will be followed at 4:15 p.m. by a reception in the Susie Pape Room of the UO's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is an art museum located on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. The original building was designed by Ellis F. Lawrence as part of his "main university quadrangle," now known as the Memorial Quadrangle. . Both events are open to the public. Clark died June 28 of age-related causes. He was 95. Speakers at the memorial service will include UO President Dave Frohnmayer and professor David Frank David Frank was born on the 24 September 1958. He is the executive producer of RDF Media. Frank was born in Nakuru, Kenya. from the UO's Robert D. Clark Honors College The Robert D. Clark Honors College is a small liberal arts college that is part of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Its namesake, Robert D. Clark, was a of the university, and key contributor to the founding of the honors college. . Family members who will speak include Clark's daughter, UO professor Suzanne Clark, granddaughter Catherine Clark and grandson Robert Gillespie. A limited number of parking spaces will be available in the No. 40 parking lot west of Beall Hall with entrance from Alder alder (ôl`dər), name for deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Alnus of the family Betulaceae (birch family), widely distributed, especially in mountainous and moist areas of the north temperate zone and in the Andes. Street. Parking is allowed in unassigned spaces only. Beall Hall is located in the music building near the southwest corner of campus. Clark, for whom the Clark Honors College is named, was UO president from 1969 to 1975. He had been a professor and dean at the university from 1943 to 1964, when he left temporarily to become president of San Jose State University. He remained in Eugene after his retirement and continued to do research at the UO Library. He wrote numerous articles about natural history and the history of the UO. He also wrote a book about pioneering UO geologist and naturalist Thomas Condon. Donations in Clark's memory can be made to the Robert D. Clark Robert D. Clark (1909-?) was an American university administrator. He was president of the University of Oregon from 1969-1975. The Robert D. Clark Honors College on campus is named after him.[1] He was president during many war protests on the campus. Endowment at the UO Foundation, P.O. Box 3346, Eugene, OR 97403. |
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