Charles E. Clark

Charlie Clark, a distinguished scholar of New England history, died on December 3, 2013. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Bates College in 1951 and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University in 1952. After working for a time as a reporter in New Hampshire and Rhode Island and spending four years in the navy as an air intelligence officer, he began studies at Brown University, earning his Ph.D. in American civilization in 1966. Charlie joined the faculty of the University of New Hampshire in 1967. During the course of his career there, he published six books about different aspects of New England history and the early American newspaper. He was awarded fellowships from such prestigious organizations as the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Huntington Library, and the American Council of Learned Societies, among others. His long and successful career was recognized by UNH when he was named the first James H. Hayes and Claire Short Hayes professor of humanities in 1993. He retired from the university in 1997.