About Clark

Historical Timeline

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1930 Honorary Degrees Awarded

  • William Lowe Bryan, President of Indiana University (LL.D.)
  • Ralph Earle, President of Worcester Polytechnic Institute LL.D.
  • Arnold Lucius Gesell, Director of Yale Clinic of Child Development (D.Sc.)
  • Joseph Stevens Kadesch, Superintendent of Schools, Medford, Massachusetts (M.Ed.)

1931 Hudson Hoagland becomes chair of the Biology Department and later recruits Gregory Pincus to assist in research on contraception.

1932 Clark Alumnae Association is formed, and later merges with the Alumni Association.

1937 Honorary Degrees Awarded

  • Samuel Flagg Bemis, Farnum Professor of Diplomatic History at Yale University (L.H.D.)
  • Samuel Paul Capen, Chancellor of the University of Buffalo (Litt.D.)
  • Tyler Dennett, President of Williams College (LL.D.)
  • Henry Herbert Donaldson, Professor of Neurology at the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, President of the American Neurological Association (D.Sc.)
  • Stephen Duggan, Director of the Institute of International Education (LL.S.)
  • Frederick Carlos Ferry, President of Hamilton College (D.Sc.)
  • Homer Gage, Surgeon, Overseer of Harvard University (LL.D.)

1938 Atwood Hall is built, supported by contributions from Clark trustees and Worcester residents.

The Alumni Gymnasium is constructed, supported by $72,000 from Clark alumni. This gym later became the dining hall.

Honorary Degrees Awarded

  • Karl Worth Bigelow, Professor of Education, Teachers College, Columbia, University; Director of Commission on Teacher Education, American Council of Education (L.H.D.)
  • Peng Chun Chang, Professor, Nankai University (LL.D.)
  • Walter Stevens Young, Superintendent of Schools, Worcester, Massachusetts ( Ed.D.)

1939 The library tower is built to join the library (currently the Jefferson Academic Center) and Atwood Hall.

Honorary Degrees Awarded

  • Edmund Smith Conklin, Professor of Psychology, Indiana University (D.Sc.
  • Samuel Hood Dolbear, Mining Engineer ( M.Sc.)
  • Ralph Barton Perry, Edgar Pierce Prof. Of Philosophy, Harvard University and Syndic of Harvard University Press (L.H.D.)
  • William Lyon Phelps, Lampson Professor of English Literature, Emeritus, Yale (LL.D.)
  • Cornelia Otis Skinner (F.A.D.)