Editing Ed Clark (section)

==Background==
Clark was born in [[Middleborough, Massachusetts]], in 1930.<ref name = OAC>{{cite web|url = https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt5779r70z/entire_text/|title =Register of the Ed Clark papers, 1972-1994|date = 2012|website = [[Hoover Institution Library and Archives]]|publisher = [[California Digital Library|Online Archives of California]]|accessdate = May 29, 2023}}</ref> He is an honors graduate of [[Tabor Academy, Massachusetts|Tabor Academy]], [[Dartmouth College]], and received a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree from [[Harvard Law School]].<ref name=People>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/archive/ed-clark-is-the-libertarian-partys-headstrong-candidate-for-the-white-house-vol-14-no-12/|title=Ed Clark Is the Libertarian Party's Headstrong Candidate for the White House|first=Karen G. |last=Jackovich |date=September 22, 1980|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> He was in active service in the [[United States Navy]] from 1952 to 1954, as a [[lieutenant (junior grade)#United States|lieutenant (junior grade)]], and was a [[United States Navy Reserve|reservist]] until 1965.<ref name = OAC/>

Clark worked as a corporate lawyer with [[ARCO]], first in New York City and then in Los Angeles.<ref name = OAC/><ref name = Boaz>{{cite web|url = https://www.cato.org/blog/happy-90th-birthday-ed-clark|title = Happy 90th Birthday, Ed Clark|last = Boaz|first = David|date = May 4, 2020|accessdate = May 29, 2023|website = [[Cato Institute]]|authorlink = David Boaz}}</ref><ref name = AClark>{{cite web|url = https://www.laopera.org/support-us/legacy-giving/the-bella-voce-society/meet-our-members-2/alicia-and-ed-clark/|title = Alicia & Ed Clark |accessdate = May 29, 2023|last = Clark|first = Alicia|website = [[Los Angeles Opera]]}}</ref> Once a [[Rockefeller Republican|liberal Republican]], he joined the Libertarian Party following President [[Richard Nixon]]'s imposition of [[Incomes policy#United States|wage and price controls]] in 1971.<ref name=People/> In 1972, he was the first chairman of the [[Libertarian Party of New York]], and chaired the [[Libertarian Party of California]] from 1973 to 1974.<ref name = OAC/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40297718/oakdale_leader/ |title=Libertarian runs for state governor |date=February 22, 1978|newspaper=[[Manteca Bulletin|Oakdale Leader]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209025118/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40297718/oakdale_leader/ |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |url-status=live |page=6 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

In 1970, Clark married Alicia Garcia, a Mexican-born textiles executive. She chaired the Libertarian National Committee from 1981 to 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://ca.lp.org/libertarians/ed-alicia-clark/|title = Ed & Alicia Clark|website = [[Libertarian Party of California]]|accessdate = May 29, 2023}}</ref> The couple are longtime supporters of the [[Los Angeles Opera]].<ref name = AClark/>