MORRIS COUNTY — Dr. George Eugene Clark, DDS, MS, Ph.D., 85, passed away on March 5, 2023.
George was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2011 and battled as hard as he could like the champion he was until March 5, 2023. He passed peacefully in his sleep with his devoted wife at his hospital bedside where they spent his last 23 days.
George graduated from Lakewood High School and Ohio State University in 1962 with DDS. George had participated in ROTC and entered the US Navy as Lieutenant Clark in 1962 stationed in Boston Chelsea Hospital where he trained in anesthesiology in order to serve as an anesthesiologist during surgeries while on ships. George served as the dental officer in Newport News – for two years and in Everglades – for two years. He received his MS and Ph.D. in Biochemistry from George Washington University. George was transferred to Illinois where he became the Commanding Officer of the Naval Dental Research Institute for nine years.
He was headhunted and upon Change of Command, he moved to New Jersey and was employed by Block Drug Company, Jersey City in their dental products division. He joined Rose City Runners where he and Arlene met on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, 1991. They married on June 5, 1993.
George was also a member of the Morristown Kiwanis Club and PeaceWorks, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing humanitarian aid to Nicaragua.
He was a loving family man and was loved and admired by all who knew him. He will be forever missed.
