Robert Clark received his college education at Yale. He has spent 32 years teaching physics in Texas, first at the University of Texas at Austin and then at Texas A&M where he is Regents Professor. During his years in Texas he has had the opportunity to work with many involved in physics and science teaching as the A&M teaching field advisor for the physics, physical science, and science composite teaching fields and through CAST, summer AP physics workshops and the NSF PTRA, PEP, TIPS from TTOPS, PEPTYC and Quantum Optics programs. He has been the recipient of the Robert N. Little Award and the Oersted Medal. In 2000 he joined the faculty at Brigham Young University.