R. Inslee Clark, Jr.

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Russell Inslee "Ink" Clark, Jr. (died 1999) was an educator, administrator, and a key player in the transition of the Ivy League into co-education in the 1960's.

[edit] Career

As Director of Admissions (1965-1969) at Yale University, Clark oversaw the school's transition to a coeducational admission policy, and was credited with lifting the school's traditional admissions quotas for certain ethnic groups.

As Headmaster and President (1970-1991) of the Horace Mann School in the Bronx, NY, Clark reintroduced co-education and oversaw the school's merger with the Barnard School. His obituary, published August 7, 1999 in the New York Times, read: "a brilliant, dynamic teacher, he taught an Urban History course and took students into prisons and courtrooms to learn first hand about the complex urban issues confronting New York City. His inspirational leadership, his ebullient personality... His impressive intellect and passion for baseball are legendary."

Clark picked up the nicknames "Ink" or "Inky" at Camp Dudley YMCA in Wesport, NY, where he spent over 50 summers (1948-1999) as a camper, counselor, and Assistant Director.

[edit] Bibliography

• Paid Death Notice (New York Times, August 7, 1999)

[edit] External links

• The Birth of a New Institution: How two Yale presidents and their admissions directors tore up the "old blueprint" to create a modern Yale (Yale Alumni Magazine, December, 1999)