Clayton Marks was an American educator, soldier, banker and historian. Dr. Marks was born on July 1, 1894 in Aurora, Illinois and died on March 4, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Marks attended Yale University from 1911 to 1915 then served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps during World War I, receiving the Silver Star and two Purple Hearts. After the war, in 1923, he earned his PhD at the University of Chicago in History, writing his dissertation on the Spanish–American War.
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