Edward Walter Clark III explained

Edward Walter Clark III (1885  - November 16, 1939) was an investment banker with E. W. Clark & Co.^[1]

Biography

He was born in 1885 to Edward Walter Clark Jr. and Mary Newbold (Taylor) Clark. He graduated from Harvard University in 1907; the following year, he won golf's Presidents Cup (Harvard).^[2] During World War I, he served overseas with the Army Signal Corps.

He worked at E.W. Clark for 19 years, making partner in 1920. He also served for several years as a director of the Farmers National Bank of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, founded by a maternal great-grandfather.

Clark died on November 16, 1939, in Chestnut Hill Hospital after a brief illness.

Notes and References

1. News: Edward Clark 3D, Banker, Dies At 54. Partner in House Founded by His Great-Grandfather in Philadelphia in 1837. Interest were Varied. Held Many Directorships, Was Active in Charities. Played on Harvard Golf Team. Was Born in Philadelphia . . November 17, 1939 . 2010-12-08 .
2. News: E.W. Clark, Third, of Philadelphia, Wins Brilliant Golf Match. Many Cups for Wykagyl Golfers. Close Contest at Montclair . Edward W. Clark, 3d, of Philadelphia added to his golf honors to-day by winning the chief trophy in the ninth annual competition for the first President's Cup on the Ekwanok links. He defeated John M. Ward of Babylon, N.Y., in one of the most closely contested thirty-six-hole matches ever seen on the Ekwanok links by two up. . The New York Times . August 16, 1908 . 2010-12-08 .