Suzanne Clarke McDonough (born Suzanne B. Clarke in 1933) is an American xocialite and anti-drug activist.
Suzanne B. Clarke was born in Highland Park, Illinois.[1] She is the daughter of Eugene Vincent Clarke and his wife.[2]
Clarke studied at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.[2] [1]
During the 1970s, Clarke served as director of the Project Straight Dope anti-drug abuse pressure group.[3]
In 1985, she was a board member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.[2]
On January 5, 1959, Clarke eloped to Las Vegas and married Ralph Falk II.[4] Their second child, Melanie Borden Falk, was born in April 1961.[5] The relationship later ended in divorce.[2] On September 28, 1985, she married William Joseph McDonough at their home in Chicago.[2] He served as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for 10 years and died in 2018.[6]
Clarke was a prominent fixture of Chicagoan high society in the North Shore suburbs, known for her parties. She developed a similar reputation in Mexico where she founded the Cuernavaca Racquet Club.[7]