Since his retirement in 1994, Henry Clark has been able to explore his interest in writing fiction and has actually written several novels, only one of which has now been published, Trophy Boy.  Not only does he spend hours upon hours writing, he has also become something of a front-line political activist, mainly in a small organization called The Alliance for Democracy, founded by Ronnie Dugger in 1996.  He also does a lot of work with the California Council of Churches, mainly as a "braintruster" who writes a good bit for their website and makes speeches and appears at legislative hearings when called upon to do so.

Bio

Henry Clark, Ph.D., came to USC as Professor of Social Ethics and Associate Director of the Center for the Humanities in September of 1975.  In his capacity as Coordinator for Ethics and the Professions at the Center for the Humanities, he organized and ran a number of significant conferences and research programs, including: *The Ethics of Experience and Behavior Control (1976), Conference on Business Ethics (1976), *Energy Policy and Life Styles in California (1978-79), Social Ethics and Autonomous Technology (1977-78), Professional Ethics in Law, Medicine, Business, Engineering and Pharmacy (1980-1981), and *Ethics and Science (1981).  In addition to this, he was named "Distinguished California Humanist" by the California Council on the Humanities and Public Policy (1979).

*Items marked with an asterisk resulted in published proceedings or articles in various professional journals.

Lessons Learned

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