William Donaldson Clark (28 July 1916 – 27 June 1985) was an English economist and public servant.
He was educated at the independent Oundle School and graduated from Oriel College, Oxford with a First Class degree in modern history.
[3] In 1968 he said that The Manchester Guardian's anti-Suez leading articles were one of the main reasons why Eden asked for the BBC to be bought under direct control of the Government.
[4] The first director of the Overseas Development Institute from 1960 to 1968, Clark then joined the World Bank and from 1974 to 1980 was their Vice President in Charge of External Affairs.
[3] Clark died on the night of 27 June 1985 of liver cancer at his home in Cuxham, Oxfordshire.