Clark graduated magna cum laude with a special award for his leadership as a student athlete, and went on to earn an LLB degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1926.
Clark’s first victory came in 1952, when he overturned a longstanding Republican hold on Philadelphia politics by winning the mayoral election.
Clark held to his promise to remain in office only one term, but his political career continued—in Washington.
Clark, a senior was the Harvard champ that year, feeling justifiably proud of himself because he won the title over classmate Dick Sears, who to be the U.S. champion.
The first Intercollegiates, which Sears did not enter, was played on the grounds of a mental hospital in Hartford, and Clark recalled that some of the patients served as ball boys.
Clark, a right-hander, was a Philadelphian, brother of Clarence Clark won the first U.S. doubles title with Fred Taylor.
