Editing Dick Clark (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Dick Clark 1947 yearbook.jpg|thumb|right|Clark in the 1947 yearbook for A.B. Davis High School]]
Clark was born on November 30, 1929, in [[Bronxville, New York]], and raised in neighboring [[Mount Vernon, New York|Mount Vernon]],<ref name="nyt obit">{{cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |date=April 18, 2012 |title=TV Emperor of Rock 'n' Roll and New Year's Eve Dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/arts/television/dick-clark-tv-host-and-icon-of-new-years-eve-is-dead-at-82.html?pagewanted=all |access-date=April 18, 2012 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> the second child of Richard Augustus Clark and Julia Fuller Clark, née Barnard. His only sibling, elder brother Bradley, a [[World War II]] [[P-47 Thunderbolt]] pilot, was killed in the [[Battle of the Bulge]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Michigan Military Heritage Museum |url=https://www.gluseum.com/US/Grass-Lake/710858292402054/Michigan-Military-Heritage-Museum |website=gluseum.com |access-date=January 1, 2020 |language=en |date=June 24, 2019}}</ref>

Clark attended Mount Vernon's A.B. Davis High School (later renamed A.B. Davis Middle School), where he was an average student.<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=Dick Clark |url=https://www.history-of-rock.com/clark.htm |access-date=July 24, 2024 |work=The History of Rock 'n' Roll}}</ref> At the age of 10, Clark decided to pursue a career in radio.<ref name=history/> In pursuit of that goal, he attended [[Syracuse University]], graduating in 1951 with a degree in advertising and a minor in radio.<ref name=history/> While at Syracuse, he was a member of [[Delta Kappa Epsilon]] fraternity (Phi Gamma).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.askmen.com/celebs/interview_150/157_dick_clark_interview.html |title=Dick Clark |publisher=AskMen.com |access-date=September 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209084625/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/interview_150/157_dick_clark_interview.html |archive-date=December 9, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>