William D. Clark

Dr. William Kenley Clark joined Brenau as vice president after spending 15 years teaching and chairing the biology department at Sam Houston State College in Texas. He became the school’s sixth president in 1967 upon the retirement of Crudup.

Clark was born in Virginia and earned a bachelor’s degree in entomology from Texas A&M in 1942. He served in the armed forces from 1942-1945, working on mosquito control in the South Pacific. After completing his military service, Clark earned his master’s in 1949 and doctorate in 1951 from the University of Texas.

After a nearly two-year tenure as president, Clark left Brenau for personal reasons. He became a commercial fisherman and he owned and operated a marina near Pensacola, Florida, for 15 years.

Clark died in Crockett, Texas, in 2003.