Leslie Clark

Leslie Arthur Clark is a British structural engineer born in 1944 in Ilford, London.

Early life and education Clark won a State Scholarship (UK) in 1962 to read Civil Engineering at the University of Sheffield. After graduating in 1965 he stayed at Sheffield to research for a PhD in very high strength reinforced concrete in collaboration with McCall & Co Ltd. In 1998 he was asked by the then Construction Minister of the UK to chair an Expert Group on the thaumasite sulphate reaction in concrete.

Clark has been a Visiting Professor in Malaysia, an Honorary Professor in Hong Kong and was instrumental in negotiating the Institution of Structural Engineers agreement with the National Administration Board of Structural Engineering Registration of the People's Republic of China.

Clark was President of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 1998-99. He retired as Head of School and Pro-Vice Chancellor of Estates and Infrastructure in 2009 and became Chairman of the UK Certification Authority for Reinforcing Steels (CARES) in 2010.

Awards and honours OBE 2000 Mappin Medal 1964 University of Sheffield Henry Adams Diploma, Institution of Structural Engineers 1987 and 1990 Thomas Telford Premium, Institution of Civil Engineers 1989 and 2007. The Annual Clark Lecture at the University of Birmingham is in honour of Emeritus Professor Leslie Clark

Selected publications Clark, L.A. The provision of tension and compression reinforcement to resist in-plane forces Clark, L.A. and Thorogood, P. Serviceability behaviour of reinforced concrete half joints. Jones, A.E.K. and Clark, L.A. The effects of restraint on ASR expansion of reinforced concrete. Jones, A.E.K and Clark, L.A. The effects of ASR on the properties of concrete and the implications for assessment Williamson, S.J. and Clark, L.A. The influence of the permeability of concrete cover on reinforcement corrosion