J. Reuben Clark

Joshua Reuben Clark Jr. (September 1, 1871 – October 6, 1961) was an American <a href="/facts/Lawyer/SETgVQHu">attorney</a>, civil servant, and a prominent leader in <a href="/facts/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints/rcgQH9bT">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> (LDS Church). Born in <a href="/facts/Grantsville%2c_Utah/whtQzEJq">Grantsville</a>, <a href="/facts/Utah_Territory/whlecHsX">Utah Territory</a>, Clark was a prominent attorney in the <a href="/facts/Department_of_State/WsB5FMBT">Department of State</a>, and <a href="/facts/Undersecretary_of_State/sBUCImxX">Undersecretary of State</a> for U.S. President <a href="/facts/Calvin_Coolidge/Lx8Bwc6p">Calvin Coolidge</a>. In 1930, Clark was appointed <a href="/facts/United_States_Ambassador_to_Mexico/s8jF9JF1">United States Ambassador to Mexico</a>.
Clark received a <a href="/facts/Bachelor%2527s_degree/s739u69z">bachelor's degree</a> from the <a href="/facts/University_of_Utah/0lhlnv7c">University of Utah</a>, where he was <a href="/facts/Valedictorian/0Dh31FMv">valedictorian</a> and student-body president. Clark received a law degree from <a href="/facts/Columbia_University/Hlf1gw53">Columbia University</a>, where he also became a member of <a href="/facts/Phi_Delta_Phi/Jf580LS9">Phi Delta Phi</a>, a prominent international legal fraternity in which he remained active throughout his life.
Clark later became an associate professor at <a href="/facts/George_Washington_University/RBAg9f0r">George Washington University</a>. Both the <a href="/facts/J._Reuben_Clark_Law_Society/jLDIf6Nb">J. Reuben Clark Law Society</a> and the <a href="/facts/J._Reuben_Clark_Law_School/l47yXjzC">J. Reuben Clark Law School</a> at <a href="/facts/Brigham_Young_University/aYaXLWt2">Brigham Young University</a> (BYU) are named in his honor.

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J. Reuben Clark