James A. Clark Jr.
| James Clark Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 19, 1918 Ellicott City, Maryland |
| Died | August 18, 2006 (aged 87) Ellicott City, Maryland |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Iowa State College |
| Home town | Ellicott City, Maryland |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Lillian Hawkins |
| Children | Mark Tyson, Priscilla Phelps (1953–1959), Martha Anne (1954), James Hawkins, “Jamie” (1963). |
| Parent(s) | James Clark (1885–1955) and Alda Hopkins Tyson Hopkins |
James Clark Jr. (December 19, 1918 – August 18, 2006) was the president of the Maryland State Senate from 1979 to 1983.
Clark was born at Keewaydin Farm, Ellicott City, Maryland. His father, James Clark Sr. (1885–1955), was a judge of the Fifth Circuit Court whose family's roots in Howard County, Maryland traced back to 1797. His mother was Alda Tyson Hopkins, whose family line traced back to the Ellicott and Hopkins families (she was a relative of the philanthropist Johns Hopkins). James and Alda Hopkins Clark lived at Keewaydin, a farm located near Ellicott City, Maryland, and also owned a nearby farm known as Elioak Farm. They had four sons: John (born in 1914), Samuel (died in 1923), James (born in 1918), and Joseph (born in 1927).
Clark attended Fork Union Military Academy in 1936, and was accepted for college in 1937. He took courses which included flight in a Taylorcraft and Stearman Biplane, graduating from Iowa State College in 1941 with a bachelor's degree in animal husbandry. He volunteered for service in the US Army in June 1941, serving four and a half years in the Army Air Service. During World War II, Clark trained at Luke Field in Arizona then volunteered to serve in the Glider Pilot Corps, while his brother Joseph was in the Merchant Marine. Clark's unit, the 442nd Troop Carrier Group, 303rd Squadron, trained at Kirtland, New Mexico and Fort Sumner using Piper TG-8 gliders then was sent to Europe in 1944 where he named his assigned glider "The Ellicott City Express". He participated in two notable campaigns: Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands in September 1944 flying a Waco CG-4 loaded with high explosives and troops, and Operation Varsity, a U.S. airborne mission into Germany in 1945. Clark was among the forces that helped evacuate survivors of the Dachau concentration camp. Clark was discharged in late 1945 as a 1st Lieutenant, with lifelong friends by his side.
...
Wikipedia