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US Army Col. David J. Clark ’81, director of the Army’s Foreign Intelligence Office and director of the Department of Defense’s 60th Anniversary Korean War Commemoration Committee, will be the featured speaker at the University’s 11th annual Veterans Remembrance Mass and Ceremony on Nov. 11.
The day’s events will begin with a Memorial Mass at 9:30 a.m. in St. Ignatius Church, followed by a remembrance ceremony and symbolic roll call at the University’s Veterans’ Memorial on the Burns Library lawn at 11 a.m.
Clark will address the importance of remembering the nation’s veterans and their contributions, and recount his own Army experiences, including his duties as one of the Army’s top intelligence officers and his work as head of the Korean War Commemoration Committee.
After graduation from Boston College with degrees in mathematics and English, Clark attended Army Officer Candidate School and joined the service’s Military Intelligence branch. He has served in assignments around the globe, including tours as the Mideast strategic intelligence analyst for the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; chief of intelligence requirements for the US Special Operations Command; and commander of a military intelligence battalion in Korea. He is currently stationed at the Pentagon.
Clark, a native of Lynn, Mass., holds three masters degrees in administration, strategic intelligence and strategic studies. He and his wife Darlene are the parents of five children.
A reception for all attendees will be held in Gasson 100 following the Burns lawn ceremony.
The University’s Veterans’ Day events are co-sponsored by the Boston College Alumni Association, Human Resources and the Boston College Army ROTC unit.