After his death in 1884, his wife, Meliora, worked with deaconesses of the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral to establish a training school for nurses within the hospital.

In 1902, the Bishop Clarkson Memorial School of Nursing began offering a three-year program, which it maintained for the first half of the twentieth century.

After briefly closing in the 1950s due to budget concerns, the school reopened following a donation from Peter and Evelyn Kiewitt.

The institution expanded its health care education offerings in the early 1990s and changed its name to Clarkson College in 1992.

[1] Clarkson College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and offers certificate, undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate options in healthcare fields.