Clark A. Heydon Jr. ’56

Clark died peacefully at home March 10, 2007, after a courageous five-month battle with lung and brain cancer.

Clark was raised in Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J., and graduated from Mount Hermon (Mass.) School, receiving the Cambridge Award. A member of Tower Club at Princeton, he roomed with fellow premed student Bob Card for three years. Clark majored in biology, graduated cum laude, and received his dental degree in 1960 from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry.

After serving as an Air Force captain, he received a master’s in orthodontics at Northwestern. He opened a practice in Ridgefield, Conn., where he worked for 41 years until retiring in 2006. Clark’s brother, Peter Heydon ’62, said, “He was beloved by so many teenagers who were his patients over the years for his understanding and sympathetic ear for their growing pains at home and at school.”

Clark’s pastimes included golfing, woodworking, gardening around the home he was involved in building, and traveling extensively with his devoted wife, Julie.

The class extends heartfelt condolences to Julie; his sons, Allan ’85 and Scott, by first wife Pamela; his stepson, Tim; and three grandchildren. Clark will be fondly and forever remembered as a loyal classmate, loving husband and father, steadfast and caring friend, and outstanding professional in the field of orthodontia.