Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Cantwell IV CLARK
Cantwell Clark, IV Died April 25, 2009.
He was born June 23, 1920 in Philadelphia, the son of Helen (Botsford) Clark and Cantwell Clark III. He grew up at several DuPont locations: Wilmington (DE), Barksdale (WI), Joplin (MO), Buffalo (NY) and Old Hickory (TN) until leaving home after graduation from Phillips Exeter Academy (1938) and Yale University (1942) with a degree in mechanical engineering. Known widely by his nickname "Cam", he spent his industrial career entirely with DuPont and its associated enterprises. It began with four summers of work at Old Hickory, TN. Immediately following graduation from college, Cam worked on small arms ammunition at Remington Arms, Bridgeport, CT in 1942 and 1943. He spent 1944 as an electronic instrument engineer in atomic energy at Oak Ridge, TN and continued this work at Hanford, WA in 1945 until the end of World War II. In late 1945, he was transferred into textile fiber research on "Orlon" acrylic fiber at Waynesboro, VA where he met his future wife, Kathryn Kindig. In 1948, He moved into textile fiber sales in Wilmington, DE for work on "Lycra" spandex fiber, industrial and carpet yarns as well as export marketing until his retirement in 1981 with more than 40 years of service. Cam's lifelong interest in fly fishing evolved into tying trout and salmon flies and building and repairing custom fishing rods as a retirement pastime. He taught fly tying locally under the auspices of Trout Unlimited and custom rod building at Delaware Technical & Community College. In 1989, he became editor of RodCrafters Journal to write about rod building, which developed in the next decade into his becoming moderator of an annual nationwide series of four to six week-end seminars on custom rod building.
Cam is survived by his wife of 61 years, Kathryn Kindig Clark; 1 son, Cantwell Clark V, M.D.; daughter-in-law, Susan Luby Mansfield and granddaughter, Eve Kindig Mansfield of Hanover, NH.
A private family service and interment will be held at Pencader Cemetery, Glasgow, DE.
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