Editing James H. Clark (section)

==Philanthropy==
Clark has contributed to [[Stanford University]], where he was an associate electrical engineering professor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Encyclopedia of the Great Plains {{!}} CLARK, JIM (b. 1944) |url=http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.ind.013 |website=plainshumanities.unl.edu |publisher=University of Nebraska at Lincoln |access-date=December 17, 2017 |language=en |date=August 1, 2003 |archive-date=July 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709203749/http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.ind.013 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1999, he pledged $150 million toward construction of the [[James H. Clark Center|James H. Clark Center for Biomedical Engineering]] and related programs for interdisciplinary biomedical research.<ref name="stanbiox">{{cite web |last1=Bake r|first1=Mitzi |title=Clark Center, 'nucleus for a range of new research' opens |url=https://news.stanford.edu/news/2003/october29/xopening-1029.html |website=news.stanford.edu |publisher=Stanford Report |access-date=December 17, 2017  |date=October 29, 2003|quote=The building's other major donor, previously anonymous, was The Atlantic Philanthropies, which contributed $60 million.}}</ref> At the time, it was the largest-ever contribution to Stanford, other than the university's founding grant.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Entrepreneur Jim Clark to donate $150 million to Stanford |url=https://news.stanford.edu/pr/99/991027Clark.html |access-date=2021-04-09 |website=news.stanford.edu |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512082026/https://news.stanford.edu/pr/99/991027Clark.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Construction started in 2001 and was completed in the summer of 2003, as part of Stanford's Bio-X program.<ref>{{cite web |title=Clark Center {{!}} Welcome to Bio-X |url=https://biox.stanford.edu/about/clark-center |website=biox.stanford.edu |date=December 2, 2013 |access-date=December 17, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> In September 2001, Clark rescinded $60 million of his initial pledge, citing anger over President Bush's restrictions on stem cell research.<ref>Charles Ornstein.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-sep-01-me-40970-story.html Donor Stops Big Payment to Stanford] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422163001/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-sep-01-me-40970-story.html |date=April 22, 2023 }}. [[LA Times]], accessed December 29, 2010.</ref> In a ''New York Times'' opinion piece, Clark said federal funding is essential for research in the United States, and he was not interested in funding research that could be suppressed for political reasons.<ref>{{cite news |last=Clark |first=Jim |date=2001-08-31 |title=Opinion {{!}} Squandering Our Technological Future |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/31/opinion/squandering-our-technological-future.html |access-date=2021-04-09 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> President Barack Obama lifted the restrictions in question in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |last=Conger |first=Krista |date=2009-03-11 |title=Stem cell policy may aid state research efforts |url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/march11/med-stem%20cell-031109.html |access-date=2021-04-09 |website=Stanford University |language=en}}</ref> In 2013, Clark pledged an additional $60 million to Stanford for interdisciplinary research in the life sciences, technology, and engineering.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stanford |first1=© Stanford University |last2=Notice |first2=California 94305 Copyright Complaints Trademark |date=2013-10-15 |title=Entrepreneur Jim Clark to donate $60 million for interdisciplinary research at Stanford |url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/october/jim-clark-gift-101413.html |access-date=2021-04-09 |website=Stanford University |language=en |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225101519/https://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/october/jim-clark-gift-101413.html |url-status=live }}</ref> His commitment was finally completely fulfilled in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sandra Feder |title=New program supports research and discovery in theoretical physics with $10 million gift {{!}} Stanford Humanities and Sciences |url=https://humsci.stanford.edu/feature/new-program-supports-research-and-discovery-theoretical-physics-10-million-gift |access-date=2021-04-09 |website=humsci.stanford.edu |language=en}}</ref> Clark has donated an additional $10 million to fund fellowships at the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sandra Feder |title=New program supports research and discovery in theoretical physics with $10 million gift {{!}} Stanford Humanities and Sciences |url=https://humsci.stanford.edu/feature/new-program-supports-research-and-discovery-theoretical-physics-10-million-gift |access-date=2021-04-09 |website=humsci.stanford.edu |language=en}}</ref>

In 2004, Clark and [[David Filo]] of [[Yahoo!]] each donated $30 million to Tulane University's School of Engineering for merit-based scholarships to provide education to deserving students regardless of financial situation in the discipline of engineering.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/web-luminaries-hand-60-million-to-tulane/ |title=Web luminaries hand $60 million to Tulane |date=July 30, 2004 |author=Matt Hines |website=[[CNET]] |access-date=January 16, 2019 |archive-date=January 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117073051/https://www.cnet.com/news/web-luminaries-hand-60-million-to-tulane/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Clark is a board member for the national council of the [[World Wide Fund for Nature]] (WWF) and contributes towards the organization.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who We Are: National Council] |url=http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/council/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120070303/http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/council/ |archive-date=20 November 2010 |access-date=December 29, 2010 |publisher=National Council of World Wildlife Fund}}</ref> The [[Perlman Music Program]] has recognized Clark for his continued philanthropic efforts towards their organization and their endowment fund.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.perlmanmusicprogram.org/support-us/our-supporters/honor-roll-of-donors/ |title=Gifts and Grants |publisher=[[The Perlman Music Program]] |access-date=December 29, 2010 |archive-date=December 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224173810/http://www.perlmanmusicprogram.org/support-us/our-supporters/honor-roll-of-donors/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>