Winthrop Adams Clark

WINTHROP ADAMS CLARK sailed away September 12, 2010, in Dallas, Texas. He retired as vice president of sales and marketing, ESOP Trustee, and member of the Board of Directors for AirBorn, Inc. He was very proud of his 49 year association with the industry leading electronic connector company in Addison, Texas. Win was born October 5, 1926 to Winthrop Alexander Clark and Virginia Gordon Clark in Stamford, where his love of water, sailing, friendships, figuring out the world's complexities, and understated jokes was encouraged. He graduated from King School, Stamford, in 1944 and Yale University, New Haven, 1950, with a BS in Applied Economics. Win served in the United States Navy, sailing to Guam and over-starching unpopular officers' laundry. Win married Diana Stewart Clark on May 26, 1951. They were just four months shy of their 50th wedding anniversary, when Diana died in 2001. Other lifelong interests of Win's include responding to the lure of the west, abandoned mines, ghost towns, collecting, and when at home, enjoying Diana's cooking, calliopes, clocks, railroads, HiFi equipment, and tinkering in his workshop. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Alexander Prescott Clark, his wife, Diana Stewart Clark, partner, Sarah Nettleton Powell, and best friend, Dr. James McKinney. He is survived by sisters, Elizabeth Clark Schmidlein (Annapolis, Md.) and Jane Clark Robinson Atkins (Stamford); daughter, Laurie Adams Clark; and grandson, Zachary Alexander Clark (Boulder, Colo.); son, James Stewart Clark and daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Timpson-Clark (Dallas); as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. Contributions in his honor to UT Southwestern Medical Center, P.O. Box 910888, Dallas, TX 75391-0888, www.utsouthwestern.edu/home/giving, would be graciously accepted. Win was a kind, private, wonderful man with a quick smile and twinkle in his eye, who loved to engage in conversations with each person he met. Win's family invites you to share stories at his Celebration, Friday, September 24th, 5 p.m. at The Filter House on White Rock Lake, 2810 White Rock Road, Dallas, TX 75214. "Fix your wagon!" "Dah!"