Obituary of Bernard J Clark

Dr. Bernard J. Clark, formerly of Upper Saddle River, NJ, Stroudsburg, PA, and Pompton Plains, NJ, died on February 22nd 2017 at the home of his son in Washington, NJ surrounded by loved ones after a short illness. Dr. Clark, who was born in Newark, NJ graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School and Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ, and from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., where he received his Doctor of Medicine degree, Magna Cum Laude, in 1954. In that year he was also elected to membership in the honor society Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr. Clark's post-graduate training was in Internal Medicine, having spent a year of internship and a year as a Junior Assistant Resident and Assistant Chief Resident at the Jersey City, NJ, Medical Center, at the invitation of Dr. Harold Jeghers, Professor of Medicine of the newly-formed Seton Hall University School of Medicine, (now the N.J. School of Medicine and Dentistry.) After serving two years in the Army Medical Corps as a Captain assigned to The Directorate of Medical Research in Edgewood, Maryland, Dr. Clark became a Research Fellow in the Department of Endocrinology Laboratory of Dr. E.B. Astwood at Tufts Medical School, New England Center Hospital, Boston, MA, and then at the Gynecologic Endocrinology Laboratory of Dr. S.H. Sturgis, Peter Brent Brigham Hospital, also in Boston, MA. In addition to his research work, Dr. Clark also had teaching appointments in the above-mentioned medical schools and was published in medical publications such as the New England Journal of Medicine as well as the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Current Therapy. In 1963, Dr. Clark joined Hoechst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Cincinnati, OH, as a Clinical Investigator and then as a Director of Clinical Research. In 1967, he became Medical Director of Neisler Laboratories, a subsidiary of Union Carbide, in Tuxedo, NY, before joining Lederle Laboratories of Pearl River, NY, as a Director of Clinical Investigation. He later transferred to that company's headquarters in Wayne, NJ, as Medical Director of Lederle International, retiring in 1994. During his pharmaceutical career, Dr. Clark supervised the United States clinical trials that led to the F.D.A. approval of Furosemide (Lasix), Pipperacillin, which is effective in Pseudomonas Infections previously resistant to antibiotics, and numerous other medicines. His many additional interests included Baseball (the Newark Bears and the Yankees) , Seton Hall Basketball,( several far away games and every home game with the exception of one scheduled on the night of his Senior Galleon Ball), History, especially Napoleon and his family, Travel, Opera, and the New York City Ballet . His family and friends will miss his witty sense of humor, his encyclopedic knowledge and his great intelligence. Dr. Clark is survived by his wife of 63 years, the former Rosemary Gilhooly, as well as his son Bernard J. Clark Jr., a daughter Kristin M. Janicelli, a granddaughter, Melissa M. Janicelli, two grandsons, David and Wyatt, many dear nieces and nephews and close cousins in the United States and Europe. Funeral Arrangements are with Warren Hills Memorial Home, 234 West Washington Avenue, Washington, NJ, 07882, (908) 689-0119 or www.warrenhillsmemorialhome.com, A wake will be Sunday, February 26, from 1:00 to 3:00: P.M. and 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. with a funeral mass Monday at 11:00 A.M. in St. Joseph Church, 200 Carlton Avenue, Washington, NJ. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to be made to Seton Hall University, Department of Science, in honor of his dear friend, Rev. Owen Garrigan.