CLASS OF 1857

Dr. John Howe Clark, of recent years secretary of the class, died of paralysis at Amherst, N. H., November 30, after a short illness. Dr. Clark was born in Greenland, N. H., April 16, 1837, being a son of Rev. Samuel Wallace and Rebecca (Howe) Clark. His father was a graduate of Dartmouth in 1823. He prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa. After teaching for a short time he studied medicine at Harvard, and obtained his degree in March, 1862. Meanwhile, October 19, 1861, he had been commissioned as assistant surgeon in the United States Navy, and from 1862 to 1864 he was on duty on the steamer Scioto, attached to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, and at the Naval Hospital in New Orleans. For a year he was assigned to the Portsmouth Navy Yard, and from 1865 to 1867 was on board the Mohongo, in the Pacific Squadron. In 1865 he was promoted to the rank of past assistant surgeon, and in 1867 to that of surgeon. From 1867 to 1869 he was with the Vandalia, receiving ship at Portsmouth; from 1869 to 1873 with the Alaska, in the Asiatic SquadRon; from 1873 to 1875 at the Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass.; from 1876 to 1878 with the New Hampshire, at Port Royal, S. C.; from 1878 to 1883 with the receiving ship Wabash, at Boston; in 1883-4 with the Lackawanna, and in 1884-6 as fleet surgeon with the flagship, Hartford, both of the Pacific Squadron. In 1885 he was promoted to medical inspector. In 1881 Dr. Glark had been appointed a member of the Naval Examining Board, and from 1887 to 1890 his duties were chiefly in that capacity, examining applicants for appointment as assistant surgeon. In 1890 he was with the Baltimore, which visited Europe on special duty. In 1891 he returned to the Pacific Station as fleet surgeon, first on the Baltimore and then on the San Francisco. In 1893, he was promoted to medical director and president of the Naval Examining Board, with the rank of rear admiral. In 1899 he retired from active service, and had since lived in Amherst, passing his winters in Boston. Dr. Clark never married.