Clark, Elon H., 1909-2001.

Elon H. Clark was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1909, grew up in Rochester, NY and received degrees from the Rochester Institute of Technology and from the Johns Hopkins School of Medical Art in 1933. Employed at Duke Hospital from 1934 to 1974, he founded what is now the Medical Center's Division of Audiovisual Education, where he specialized in improving cosmetic prostheses, and especially facial restorations. In 1949, he took a six-month leave from Duke to serve an appointment with the Veterans Administration in Washington, D.C. Clark also designed several important University symbols including the flag, a new shield, academic apparel and the presidential mace and chain of office. Clark died in 2001 in Black Mountain, NC at the age of 91.

From the guide to the Elon Clark Papers, 1958-1970, (University Archives, Duke University)

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