Frederick J. Clarke

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Born in Little Falls, New York, on March 1, 1915, Frederick J. Clarke was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers in 1937 after graduating fourth in his United States Military Academy class. Clarke received a master's degree in civil engineering from Cornell University in 1940 and later attended the Advanced Management Program of the Graduate School of Business, Harvard University. During World War II he commanded a battalion that helped construct a military airfield on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic, and he served in Washington, D.C., with Headquarters, Army Service Forces. After the war Clarke worked in the atomic energy field for the Manhattan District and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission at Hanford, Washington, and at the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project at Sandia Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico. As the District Engineer of the Trans-East District of the Corps in 1957-59, he was responsible for U.S. military construction in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, and he initiated transportation surveys in East Pakistan and Burma. In the decade before his appointment as Chief of Engineers, Clarke was Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia (1960-63); Director of Military Construction in the Office of the Chief of Engineers (1963-65); Commanding General of the Army Engineer Center and Fort Belvoir and Commandant of the Army Engineer School (1965-66); and Deputy Chief of Engineers (1966-69). As Chief of Engineers Clarke guided the Corps as it devoted increased attention to the environmental impact of its work.

General Clarke was awarded;

• the Distinguished Service Medal
• the Legion of Merit

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This article contains public domain text from Lieutenant General Frederick J. Clarke. Portraits and Profiles of Chief Engineers. Retrieved on August 22, 2005.

Preceded by William F. Cassidy

Chief of Engineers 1969—1973

Succeeded by William C. Gribble, Jr.