Mr. Clevenger was born in Newport, Tennessee and raised in Cleveland, Ohio where he graduated from Cuyahoga Heights High School in 1961 and Case Western Reserve University in 1965. He also earned a Master's degree from Columbia University’s Business School in 1981.
His career included the US Army (from 1966 to 1968), Ford Motor Company, Exide Battery Company, International Nickel, DLJ, Lexington Investment Company and since 1989 a founder and managing director of MidMark Capital. He served on the board of directors for more than 50 companies including 4 public companies. His favorite, as an independent director for over 21 years, was with the Boler Company, a large family owned business headquartered in the Chicago area. For more than 10 years he was a founder, minority shareholder, and a board member of AVO Carbon, a global carbon brush business headquartered in Luxembourg.
Mr. Clevenger was also a Visiting Committee Member of the College of Arts and Sciences for CWRU and a member of his high school’s academic hall of fame. Other community and career related interests included serving as VP of Economic Development, President of a local Industrial Association, President of an elementary PTA, Advisor to a Technical Education Center, Chairman of the Annual United Fund, and the recipient of the key to the city when he and his family moved from Sumter, South Carolina. Additionally in other capacities he served as President of the Northeastern Regional Association of Small Business Companies, a member of the Board of Governors of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies and his company received a number of Industry awards including the designation the Regional Company of the Year in 1999 for SPD Technology and the National Company of the year in 2003 for Lansinoh.
Mr. Clevenger attended St Isabel’s Catholic Church on Sanibel Island, Florida and previously was a longstanding member of Holy Trinity Church in Westfield, New Jersey.
He is preceded in death by his father Elmer, mother Stella, and brother Harley. He is survived by his wife Charlotte (Skoda) Clevenger, his two children, son Patrick and his wife Klara, daughter Lisa and her husband Sean, his sister Linda, and his four grandchildren, Magdalena, Aaron, Estella and Summer.
Relatives and friends will be invited to a memorial celebration of his life in addition to Mass at Holy Trinity Church in Westfield, New Jersey at a time and date to be determined in the coming weeks in order to facilitate safe travel and gathering.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests all donations be sent to the Cleveland Foundation c/o Cuyahoga Heights High School Alumni Scholarship Fund.
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