Résumé

Captain, U.S. Army Balloon Service, World War I, 1917-1919; Partner, [Arthur Bridgeman] Clark and Clark, Architects, Palo Alto, CA, 1919- ; Partner, Clark and [David B.] Clark, Architects, Palo Alto, CA; Partner, Clark and [Walter] Stromquist, Architects, Palo Alto, CA; Partner, Clark, Stromquist and Sandstrom, Architects, Palo Alto, CA, -1957; Partner, Clark, Stromquist, [David F.] Potter and [Joseph] Ehrlich, Architects, Palo Alto, CA, 1957- ;

Teaching

Instructor in Architecture, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1950-1972.

Professional Awards

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA), 1952; Honor Award of Merit, American Institute of Architects, Northern California, East Bay, and Coast Valleys Chapters for Magna Engineering Company Building, 1953;

Archives

Clark's professional papers, about 2000 items dating between 1909-1954, have been archived in the Stanford University Libraries' Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Birge M. Clark Architectural Drawings (SC0838). According to the Online Archive of California (OAC): "Collection contains architectural drawings by Birge M. Clark, his brother David B. Clark, and other partners Walter Stromquist, David F. Potter and Joseph Ehrlich, with a few drawings by his father A. B. Clark. Projects were mostly located in Palo Alto, Stanford, and other communities on the Peninsula and included residences, schools, businesses, and city offices. Most of the drawings are pencil on tissue but other formats are also represented." (See the Online Archive of California, "Guide to the Birge M. Clark Architectural Drawings," accessed 08/01/2016.)

High School/College

Graduate, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA; A.B., Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1914; B.Arch., Columbia University, New York, NY, 1917;

Relocation

Born in Palo Alto, CA, Birge Clark attended college in New York, NY, c. 1917. He saw service in the military during World War I, and returned to Palo Alto, where he maintained a professional practice for over 60 years.

Parents

Birge M. Clark was the son of Professor Arthur Bridgman Clark (1866-1948), an Art Professor at Stanford University; the family was well-rooted within the Stanford academic community by the time Birge became an architect.

Spouse

Clark married Lucile Townley (1896-1986), in 1922.

Children

He and Lucile Townley had four children.