TY - JOUR AU - Imperato, Pascal AB - J Community Health (2008) 33:51–52 DOI 10.1007/s10900-007-9073-5 COMMENTARY Duncan William Clark, MD 1910–2007 Pascal James Imperato Published online: 7 December 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007 Dr. Duncan W. Clark, Professor and Chair Emeritus of the the curriculum of the new medical school. He also pio- Department of Preventive Medicine and Dean Emeritus of neered the concepts and methods of family-based study in the College of Medicine, passed away on August 5, 2007 in teaching medical students preventive medicine and com- his 97th year. Dr. Clark attained national and international munity health. All fourth year medical students were prominence as a medical educator and scientist, and a assigned for several weeks to a family in the community. leader in public health and preventive medicine. They provided health screening, medical care, and assisted Born in Manhattan and raised in Brooklyn, he graduated in the resolution of the family’s social and economic from Fordham University in 1932 and from the Long problems in collaboration with the staff of community Island College of Medicine in 1936. Between 1936 and health and social agencies. 1938, he did a rotating internship at Brooklyn Hospital, and Dr. Clark was a strong national advocate for the TI - Duncan William Clark, MD 1910–2007 JF - Journal of Community Health DO - 10.1007/s10900-007-9073-5 DA - 2007-12-07 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/duncan-william-clark-md-1910-2007-FG00BZA0V2 SP - 51 EP - 52 VL - 33 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -