Academy to hold funeral service for 6th superintendent

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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. --  Funeral services for the Air Force Academy's sixth superintendent, Retired Lt. Gen. A.P. Clark, are scheduled for March 17.

The general, a resident of Colorado Springs, Colo., and superintendent from Aug. 1, 1970 to July 31, 1974, died March 8 at the age of 96.

Services start with a 10 a.m. funeral mass in the Cadet Chapel followed by a graveside service at the Academy Cemetery.

The general was a 1936 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and went on to a flying career after graduation. He went to England in June 1942 with the 31st Fighter Group, the first American fighter unit in the European Theater of Operations. He spent 33 months as a prisoner of war after being shot down over Abbeville, France, in July 1942.

After retiring from active duty, the general stayed active with the Air Force Academy. He headed up the Friends of the Library, which benefits the McDermott Library, concentrating on the library's special collections. General Clark on was instrumental in creating an extensive collection of materials and histories from his POW days in Stalag Luft III.

Flags at the Academy will be at half-staff on March 17 for General Clark.