Joe retired from The Educational Center board in 2012 but is still active in the organization. We thank him for his dedication to the work and the mission of the Center.
Joe Clark builds things. It might be a table. Or intricate candlesticks. Sometimes it's a garden. Often it's relationships. He's happiest when building something.
With grace and intelligence Joe has been building the life of The Educational Center, in one capacity or another, since 1964. Most recently he served as Board President and now provides valuable counsel to the current board and the staff.
Raised on a farm near Wichita, Kansas, he attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. In 1963 he began seminary in Alexandria at Virginia Theological Seminary, attending his first class the day after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I have a dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial. Joe was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood in 1966 and has served churches in Minnesota, Connecticut and Maryland. While in Maryland he took a few years away from the church to serve on the staff of Governor Hughes and also worked on urban issues in Baltimore. He returned to graduate studies, earning a post graduate degree from General Theological Seminary in New York.
Now retired, Joe is the father of three children, three step-children and nine grandchildren. When he is not playing with them, he enjoys woodworking, golf, gardening and serving on the City Council.
