everend Dr. Kenneth I Clarke, Sr. is Director of Cornell United Religious Work. Prior to coming to Cornell in July 2001, Rev. Clarke was Director of the Center for Ethics and Religious Affairs at the Pennsylvania State University (1997-2001). He was the Center's Assistant Director from 1990-96 and Acting Director in 1996-97. From 1987-90 Rev. Clarke worked for the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco, initially for the church's Ethiopian Refugee Resettlement Project and later as Assistant Pastor/Administrator. A native of Baltimore, MD, Ken earned a B.A. in English from Morgan State University, a Master of Divinity degree from Colgate Rochester Divinity School and the Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio. Ken and his wife, Yolanda, Director of Academic Enrichment Services in Ithaca College, co-pastored the Albright Bethune United Methodist Church in State College, Pennsylvania from 1996-2001. They are the parents of Fatima Rose and Ken, Jr.
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