Editing Gordon Clark (section)

==Personal life==

Clark met his future wife Ruth Schmidt during his graduate studies at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]; she had actually been baptized by Gordon's father as a baby.  They married in 1929 and stayed together for 48 years until Ruth's death from [[leukemia]] in 1977.  They had two daughters, Lois Antoinette (later Lois Zeller, b. 1936) and Nancy Elizabeth (later Betsy Clark George, b. 1941). At the time of his death, Clark was survived by his two daughters and their husbands, 12 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.<ref name=douma>Douma, Douglas (2017). ''The Presbyterian Philosopher: The Authorized Biography of Gordon H. Clark''.  Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock. {{ISBN|9781532607240}}</ref>

Clark was well known as a keen [[chess]]player. In 1966, he won the championship of the King's Men Chess Club in [[Indianapolis]].<ref name=douma />