Virginius Evans Clark (February 27, 1886 – January 30, 1948) was an officer in the United States Army, a military aviation pioneer, and a World War I engineer.

[1] He was born on February 27, 1886, to Harry Scott Clark in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

In 1914, Clark attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology for an aviation engineering course.

In 1917 Clark became the Commanding officer of McCook Field founding the current Aeronautical Systems Center.

Clark was sent to Europe in June 1917 representing the Army on the"Bolling Mission", an aeronautical commission on aviation for the acquisition of airplanes to fight World War I.