1940s: Challenging convention through the ages...
1942 Women enroll at Clark as undergraduates. This first class of women receive their bachelor's degrees in 1946.
Paul Siple Ph.D. '39 names a mountain range in Antarctica in honor of Clark.
1947 Howard B. Jefferson is inaugurated as the third president of Clark University.
1949 Anna Freud, daughter of Sigmund Freud, is a guest lecturer at the University's 60th-anniversary celebration.
Fun Facts
- 1942 Crew team is formed.
- 1943 A women's basketball team is organized and coached by Hazel Hughes, who becomes Clark's first dean of women in 1954.
- 1947 The Pleiades women's honor society is formed with seven members.
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