George Thomas Clark (1928-1990) was born in Charleston, Illinois. He received a BA degree in Education from Eastern Illinois University in 1950 and an MA degree in Botany from the University of Michigan in 1951. Clark married Natalie Williams and spent the next eight years working on the family farm. In 1962, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Biology at Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, and subsequently received his Ph.D. in Plant Ecology at the University of Arkansas in 1971. He rose to the rank of Professor of Biology in 1975. Aside from classroom teaching, Clark directed the herbarium, supervised the college greenhouse, served actively in the management of campus landscaping, and engaged in ecological research. He earned a reputation as one of the state's premier botanists. Clark was named the Louis and Charlotte Cabe Distinguished Professor of Biology in 1980, and continued to teach in this capacity at Hendrix College until his death in 1990. Clark is the author of Winter Twigs of Arkansas: A Field Guide to Deciduous Woody Plants. Little Rock, Arkansas: Rose Publishing Company, 1981; Preliminary Ecological Study of Crowleys' Ridge. Conway, Arkansas: Hendrix College, 1973; and several other publications and newspaper articles. He was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Biological Sciences, and the Botanical Society of America, to name just a few. He was also the recipient of several academic awards.