1927 – August 19, 2022
Edwin M. Clark ’57 was born in 1927 in Lincoln, Nebraska and peacefully passed away Aug. 19, 2022, in Newport
Beach, California.
Dr. Clark and his cousin
(and classmate), Merlin F. Thomas ’57, grew up attending Seventh-day Adventist boarding academies, continuing on to Walla Walla College. It wasn’t long before he fell in love with Gloria Burns while they sang together in the acapella school choir. They married on Aug. 24, 1947.
Dr. Clark worked as a master chemist for JPL in order to pay for medical school. In 1955, their daughter, Jill, was adopted. In 1957, Dr. Clark graduated from the College of Medical Evangelists and began an ortho- pedic residency at White Memorial Hospital. He and Gloria completed their family in the summer 1958 with the birth of their second daughter, Jody. They resided for several years in Glendale and then Pasadena. Many happy family times were spent enjoying Palm Desert, Balboa Island, Lake Tahoe, Sun Valley, and traveling the world.
At the age of 70, Dr. Clark began a new career providing Workers’ Compensation eval- uations for several Southern California ortho- pedic offices. He retired in 2017 at the age of 90. He truly loved his profession. Dr. Clark was an enthusiastic participant in all of his medical school reunions and enjoyed reconnecting with classmates. He leaves behind Gloria; daughters, Jill Hirst SN’78 (DAVID B. HIRST ’81) and
Jody Bower SAHP’86 (Brent), five grand- children, and two-and-a-half great-grand- children. His joyful, generous, and fun-loving presence will be greatly missed.