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Senate Years of Service: 1973-1979 Party: Democrat
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 Institute1980-; is a resident of Washington, D.C.
BibliographyClark, Dick. The Foreign Relations Committee and the
Future of Arms Control. In Congress and Arms Control. Edited by Alan Platt and
Lawrence D. Weiler, pp. 97-110. Boulder: Westview Press, 1978; Clark, Dick. The Treaty Powers
Resolution. Capitol Studies 5 (Spring 1977): 5-8.
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