Ed Clark
Ed Clark, active in the Libertarian Party since its founding, was the Libertarians' 1980 presidential candidate. Along with running mate David Koch, he received nearly a million votes, 1% of the total.
Clark was also the 1978 Libertarian Party of California gubernatorial candidate, receiving 5.5% of the vote.
Clark was the son of a Massachusetts judge. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1952, was a Navy gunnery officer during the Korean War, and graduated with a law degree from Harvard in 1957. He then joined a Wall Street law firm and specialized in antitrust law.
In 1970, Clark married Alicia Garcia Cobos, a textile executive born in Mexico. In 1974, they moved to Los Angeles where Clark headed Atlantic Richfield's legal department.
Sources:
- Jackovich, Karen. "Ed Clark is the Libertarian Party's Headstrong Candidate for the White House." People, 22 September 1980, 14:36-7.
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