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Clark, Dick, 1928-2023

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Personal name headingClark, Dick, 1928-2023
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Variant(s)Clark, Dick, 1928-
Clark, Richard Clarence, 1928-
Birth date1928-09-14
Death date2023-09-20
Place of birthParis (Iowa)
AffiliationUnited States. Army
Universität Frankfurt am Main
Upper Iowa University
University of Iowa
United States. Congress. Senate
Aspen Institute
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationLegislators
College teachers
Special noteOld catalog hdg.: Clark, Dick, 1929 (Sept. 14)-
Found inHis Africa, 1977: t.p. (Dick Clark; Iowa senator; Chairman, Subcommittee on African Affairs, Committee on Foreign Relations)
WW in Amer. pol., 1977-78 (Clark, Richard Clarence; b. 9/14/29)
NUCMC data from Rutgers Univ. Libr. for New Democratic Coalition of New York. Records, 1960-1978 (Dick Clark)
American-Vietnamese Dialogue (2nd : 1991 : Montego Bay, Jamaica). The American-Vietnamese Dialogue, 1991: t.p. (Dick Clark)
Phone call to D. Clark, 06-28-91 (Dick Clark; b. 9-14-28)
Online Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, Aug. 4, 2003 (Clark, Richard Clarence (Dick), 1928- ; senior fellow at the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies 1980 to present)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, June 6, 2014 (Clark, Richard Clarence (Dick), a Senator from Iowa; born in Paris, Linn County, Iowa, September 14, 1928; attended the public schools; attended the University of Maryland, Wiesbaden, Germany, and the University of Frankfort, Germany 1951-1952; served in the United States Army 1950-1952; graduated from Upper Iowa University, Fayette 1953; completed graduate work at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 1959; professor of history and political science 1959-1964; administrative assistant to United States Representative John C. Culver 1965-1972; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1972 and served from January 3, 1973, to January 3, 1979; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978; appointed by President Jimmy Carter to be Ambassador at Large and United States Coordinator for Refugee Affairs 1979; senior fellow and director of Congressional Program at the Aspen Institute 1980-; is a resident of Washington, D.C.)
Washington Post Obituaries, viewed Sept. 26, 2023: Dick Clark, Iowa senator who shaped policy in Africa, dies at 95 (Dick Clark, a former college professor who won a long-shot U.S. Senate campaign in 1972 ... and who went on to help shape U.S. foreign policy in Africa during a brief but busy single term in office, died Sept. 20 at his home in Washington)
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