Suzanne Clarke McDonough

During the 1970s, Clarke served as director of the Project Straight Dope anti-drug abuse pressure group.^[3]

In 1985, she was a board member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.^[2]

On January 5, 1959, Clarke eloped to Las Vegas and married Ralph Falk II.^[4] Their second child, Melanie Borden Falk, was born in April 1961.^[5] The relationship later ended in divorce.^[2] On September 28, 1985, she married William Joseph McDonough at their home in Chicago.^[2] He served as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for 10 years and died in 2018.^[6]

Clarke was a prominent fixture of Chicagoan high society in the North Shore suburbs, known for her parties. She developed a similar reputation in Mexico where she founded the Cuernavaca Racquet Club.^[7]