Born: c. 1905
Died: October 4, 1972
Married: Fredericka White
Children: Barbara Curran, Mrs. Heather Holt, Mrs. Sheila Tarry
Dr. F. Clark White was the director of the Ray Brook Sanatorium at the time of its closing in 1969. 1 Prior to 1965 he had served as assistant director. 2
He had been a patient at the hospital for 14 months beginning in 1934; he joined the staff in 1943.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, October 9, 1972
Dr. F. Clark White
SARANAC LAKE — Word has been received of the unexpected death on Wednesday night at Victoria, B.C., Canada, of Dr. F. Clark White, 67, director of Ray Brook State Hospital for Tuberculosis from 1965 to 1970. His home was at Apartment 1111, Lord Simcoe Apartments, 450 Simcoe St., Victoria.
Dr. White joined the Ray Brook staff in 1943 and was assistant director before being named director. He also had been a patient at the hospital for 14 months beginning in 1934.
After his retirement, he and his wife, Frieda, moved to Victoria, but kept their camp in Saranac Lake and visited here this past summer.
He was a native of Kingston. Ont. and was educated there Queens University, the Kingston General Hospital, and Ranting Institute at Toronto University. He served on the staffs of St. Lawrence State Hospital, Newton Memorial Hospital in Cassadaga, and the Uncas on the Thames State Hospital on Norwich, Conn.
In addition to Mrs. White, survivors are three daughters, Barbara, Heather, and Sheila; and a brother Perry, and sister, Mary, in Ottawa, Canada. The funeral services were held in Victoria on Sunday.
Ogdensburg Journal, July 25, 1965
Two Directors Appointed To State TB Hospitals
Albany — The appointment of directors of two State tuberculosis hospitals has been announced by Dr. Hollis S. Ingraham, State Health Commissioner.
Dr. James Monroe, who has been director of Ray Brook State TB Hospital since 1960, will be director of Homer Folks TB Hospital in Oneonta, at a salary of $21,090. His successor will be Dr. F. Clark White, who has been assistant director at Ray Brook since 1960. Dr. White's salary will be $19,668.
Dr. White is a past president of the Essex County Medical Society and a director of the Essex County Health Association...
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1. Adirondack Daily Enterprise, January 29, 1969
2. Adirondack Daily Enterprise, July 16, 1965