Where he teaches high school English (Amazing!). Our youngest, Jeffrey, lives in SanDiego, Ca. Betsy Clark O'Haire lives in Troy, NY with her husband, Kevin and son, James Patrick, who also expects a sibling in 2003. , is single and is in the construction business. James Clark ill lives in Osterville, Mass. Our oldest, Kathleen Clark McNaull., lives in Seattle with her husband, Peter and son, Clark, who is expecting a sibling in January. At the age of 35 I married a fine, young girl named Rhea Picotte and promptly started a family. We now sell Jeep, Chrysler, Nissan and Suzuki I am still working, but not very hard.ĭoing things in reverse, I raced harness horses from 1959 until I married in 1966. at the school of mine warfare and promptly swept all of the mines in the York River- today, a very safe place!Īfter discharge from the Navy, 1 returned to Albany, NY and the automobile business selling DeSoto and Plymouth- neither of which are built today. (Iron men on wooden ships!) We were stationed in Yorktown, Va. as engineering officer on a wooden minesweeper. I graduated from Naval OCS in January, 1954 and ended up in Charleston, S. It seems incredible to me that 50 years have passed since leaving " Dear Old Amherst"! I'm reminded of Alexander King's book," A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Grave".Īfter graduation, like most of us, 1 went into the service. In 2002, they played together at Amherst for the first time in over 50 years. The Delta Five waslegendary-whether playing at the Sportsmen’s Club in our Amherst days or on their famous 19 summer trips through Europe and beyond. After the navy, it was back to Armory Garage management and decades of magical gigs with jazz trios in the Albany area.īut make no mistake: To us, Jim Clark’s name was and is synonymous with The Delta Five and the supremely-talented ’53 classmates who backed him up-Bill Pritchard, Bill Youngren, Ed Bonoff, Joe Benge and others, including John Bucher ’52, reportedly still playing with Woody Allen in Manhattan. Navy OCS, commissioned in early 1954 to serve as Engineering Officer on the USS Fulmer, a wooden minesweeper out of Yorktown, Va. Our senior class marshall, he was in the first wave of ’53 graduates to complete U.S. ![]() ![]() A memorial service and Mass of Christian Burial were held at Pius X Church in Loudonville, N.Y., with a high percentage of Jim’s area friends there, including the Archbishop of Albany and people from most of the many organizations he served voluntarily over the years.Ī member of Psi Upsilon and an Economics major, Jim came to Amherst from the Milne School in Albany. That blind date is now Sally Banks, Bill’s wife for some 60 years.īesides Rhea, Jim’s wife since 1968, he is survived by four children, nine grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and in-laws. Who else could counter classmate Bill Banks’ news of a blind date at Wellesley with “Let’s drive over and meet her.” And so they did. But a real and loyal friend to all who knew him. (now Armory Automotive) … or simply enjoyed his enthusiasm and personality, Jim was a real presence at Amherst and in our class. or proudly wore a monographed sweatshirt or other item donated by Jim at past ’53 reunions … or bought a car from him during his near-lifelong executive career at Armory Garage, Inc. Whether you were mesmerized by Jim’s clarinet and alto sax wizardry with The Delta Five. “Once your friend, he was your friend for life.” That thought from Spike Schellenger ’53 reflects how most of our class felt about Jim Clark, who passed away peacefully from lung cancer June 18, 2013, at his home near Albany, N.Y.-less than three weeks after he and his wife, Rhea, attended our 60th Reunion at Amherst.
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