Jane Forbes Clark

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Jane Forbes Clark
Born (1955-05-11) May 11, 1955 (age 69)
New York City, U.S.
Education Foxcroft School
Alma mater Bennett College (B.A.)
OccupationChairperson of the Board of Directors at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Relatives Stephen Carlton Clark (grandfather)

Jane Forbes Clark (born May 11, 1955) is an American businesswoman and philanthropist who is best known for being the chairperson of the Board of Directors at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. She is a member of the Clark family, a prominent New York business family who became known for their involvement in baseball, arts patronage, and horse racing. [1]

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Early life and education

Clark was born in New York City to Stephen C. Clark Jr. and Jane Forbes Clark ( née  Wilbur). She is a member of the Clark family who own a number of properties in Cooperstown, New York. Her grandfather was Stephen Carlton Clark who founded the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Since the age of four, Clark has been a keen horse-rider. [2]

After graduating Foxcroft School in Virginia, where she grew up, Clark attended Bennett College in Millbrook, New York, where she studied interior design; she later said she attended because "they had a great riding program and I could take my horses." [3]

Career

Having served on the Board of Directors at the Baseball Hall of Fame since 1992, Clark became chairwoman of the board in 2000. She has made it a point to try to bring all living Hall of Famers to the annual induction ceremony in Cooperstown. Each year, Clark helps organize parties and golf outings for Hall of Famers and also arranges tours for their spouses at places like the Fenimore Art Museum and the Glimmerglass Opera. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Baseball Assistance Team. [3]

Outside of baseball, she is heavily involved in horse racing. [4] In the 1996 Summer Olympics, she became the first owner whose horses won medals in two different disciplines. She served as the vice president (1982–1991) and the president (1991–1997) of the American Horse Show Association, and has served on boards of numerous equestrian associations. [5]

Personal life

Clark has never married and lives at The Dakota on Mahattan's Upper West Side. Her office is located at Rockefeller Center. She has also lived part-time in Cooperstown, New York, since 1980, where she tends to her horses and runs the Clark Foundation that governs and maintains the Clark family properties in the region. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Board of Directors". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  2. ↑ "The woman behind Cooperstown's iconic Americana". CBS News . July 23, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Capozzi, Joe (July 20, 2010). "Jane Forbes Clark, a powerhouse behind the Baseball Hall of Fame, is also an influential equestrian in Wellington". The Palm Beach Post .
  4. ↑ Sandomir, Richard (July 24, 2015). "Cooperstown's Steadiest Hand Isn't a Hall of Famer's". The New York Times .
  5. ↑ "Jane Forbes Clark, Champion of Horse Sports". Horse Network. March 18, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
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