Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameRobert Roderick Clark II 
Birth6 Sep 1913, St Joseph, MO
Death22 Sep 2003, Greenbrae, Marin County, CA
OccupationOffice Manager
EducationGraduate of University of Missouri
FatherWilliam Miller Clark (1898-1947)
MotherLola Lucille Smart (1888-1974)
Misc. Notes
President Phi Delta Theta at University Missouri
After graduation Quaker Oats Company employed him. He married his childhood sweetheart Ellen Lacy Porter in 1938.
In 1940 he entered the U.S. Army as an infantry lieutenant. He commanded the 1st Battalion, 414th Infantry, 104th (Timberwolf) Infantry Division in campaigns in Belgium, Holland and Germany. The Timberwolves specialized in night fighting, and in Nov. 1944, as a Lt. Colonel, he led the first night attack on German soil by American troops.
He was promoted to colonel and remained in the reserves after his discharge from the Army at the end of World War II. He returned to his career as an executive with Quaker Oats. He and his family lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Portland, OR; Akron, OH; and Wayne IL. Allied Mills purchased his division of Quaker Oats in 1971. He retired from Quaker Oats, and joined Allied Mils as manager of its Indianapolis plant. After he retied from Allied Mills he and his wife Ellen moved to Marin County.
After graduation Quaker Oats Company employed him. He married his childhood sweetheart Ellen Lacy Porter in 1938.
In 1940 he entered the U.S. Army as an infantry lieutenant. He commanded the 1st Battalion, 414th Infantry, 104th (Timberwolf) Infantry Division in campaigns in Belgium, Holland and Germany. The Timberwolves specialized in night fighting, and in Nov. 1944, as a Lt. Colonel, he led the first night attack on German soil by American troops.
He was promoted to colonel and remained in the reserves after his discharge from the Army at the end of World War II. He returned to his career as an executive with Quaker Oats. He and his family lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Portland, OR; Akron, OH; and Wayne IL. Allied Mills purchased his division of Quaker Oats in 1971. He retired from Quaker Oats, and joined Allied Mils as manager of its Indianapolis plant. After he retied from Allied Mills he and his wife Ellen moved to Marin County.