Eugenie Clark
| Eugenie Clark | |
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Eugenie Clark in 2014
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| Native name | Shark Lady |
| Born |
May 4, 1922 New York, New York |
| Died | February 25, 2015 (aged 92) Sarasota, Florida Lung cancer |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Ichthyology |
| Institutions |
Mote Marine Laboratory University of Maryland, College Park |
| Alma mater |
Hunter College (B.A.) New York University (M.A.), (Ph.D.) |
| Spouse | Henry Yohinobu Kon (1997-2000); Igor Klatzo (1970); Chandler Brossard (1967 - 1969); Ilias Themistokles Konstantinu (1950-1967); Jideo Umaki (1942-1947) |
| Children | Hera, Aya, Themistokles, and Nikolas |
Eugenie Clark (May 4, 1922 – February 25, 2015), popularly known as The Shark Lady, was an American ichthyologist known for both her research on shark behavior and her study of fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. Clark was a pioneer in the field of Scuba diving for research purposes. In addition to being regarded as an authority in marine biology, Clark was popularly recognized and used her fame to promote marine conservation.
Eugenie Clark was born and raised in New York City. Her father, Charles Clark, died when Eugenie was almost two years old, and her mother, Yumico Motomi, later married Japanese restaurant owner Masatomo Nobu.
Clark attended grade school in Woodside, Long Island, and graduated from Bryant High School in Queens, New York. She was the only student of Japanese descent in her schools.
From an early age, Clark was passionate about marine science, with many of her school reports covering topics in marine biology. An initial visit to the New York Aquarium at Battery Park inspired Clark to return to the aquarium every Saturday thereafter, fascinated by marine animals. The work of naturalist William Beebe further inspired Clark to become an oceanographer.
Clark received a Bachelor of Arts in zoology from Hunter College (1942). During summers, Clark studied at the University of Michigan Biological Station, and prior to graduate school she worked for Celanese Corporation as a chemist. Clark initially sought to attend graduate school at Colombia University, but her application was rejected out of fear that she would eventually choose to leave her scientific career in order to focus on raising children. Undaunted, Clark went on to earn both a Master of Arts (1946) and Doctorate of Philosophy (1950) from New York University. During her years of graduate study, Clark carried out research at the Scripps Institutution of Oceanography in La Jolla, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts, and at the Lerner Marine Laboratory in Bimini.
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