CDR Thomas C. Clark, USNR (Ret.)

New York, NY

Commander Clark is Treasurer and chairs the Audit Committee of SLDN. He joined the NROTC program of Duke University as an undergraduate and continued in that program during his graduate work at Harvard, receiving his commission as Ensign, USN, in Harvard’s last ROTC class in 1971 aboard the USS Constitution. He was accepted into the Supply Corps and, after training in Athens GA, he reported to the Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, NH, where he was involved in the overhaul activities of nuclear submarines. His second duty station was aboard the USS Newport News, the flagship for the American Atlantic Fleet and the NATO fleet. He remained in the Reserves after four years of active duty, retiring with the rank of Commander, USNR.

Mr. Clark actively volunteers in the not-for-profit community in New York and nationwide. He has received two honorary doctorates in recognition of his support of education in Appalachia and is chairman emeritus of the board of trustees of Union College in Kentucky. Mr. Clark is currently on the boards of Marymount Manhattan College, the Concert Artists Guild (Past President), and Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (Treasurer). He is President Emeritus of the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, and has worked at the board level with several other organizations involved with opera, dance, theater, symphonic music, education, public television, and legal aid services. He was a trustee of Duke University and president of its alumni association.

In January 2006, Mr. Clark retired from his position as division president and managing director of U.S. Trust Company, N.A, where he had worked since 1978 in a variety of positions in corporate and private banking. He served on the boards of six of the company’s subsidiary companies, and eventually became chief credit officer of the U.S. Trust Corporation. He served the banking industry as founding chairman of the Private Lending Roundtable of the Risk Management Association and chaired the American Banking Association Private Banking Division.

As a Duke University undergraduate, Mr. Clark was both an A.B. Duke Scholar and a Navy Scholar. He was a varsity swimmer, president of the Men’s Glee Club, and active in several campus groups. After graduating with honors in 1969 with a bachelor of arts in economics, he was nominated by Duke for a Rhodes Scholarship. He received his MBA from Harvard University, and served as an active duty officer for the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam Era.

Mr. Clark resides in Manhattan and Litchfield County, Connecticut, with his partner of 35 years, John M. Davis.