Clement Conger

John Quincy Adams State Drawing Room, Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State. Conger assembled most of this furniture and art.

Clement Ellis Conger (October 15, 1912, Harrisonburg, Virginia – January 11, 2004, Delray Beach, Florida) was an American museum curator. He served as curator of the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms from 1961 to 1990, and also as curator of the White House from 1970 to 1990.^[1][2]

Life

Clement E. “Clem” Conger

He graduated from Strayer College. He worked as an office manager for the Chicago Tribune, and for U.S. Rubber Co. He was assistant secretary for the Combined Chiefs of Staff, during World War II. He worked for the State Department, and became deputy chief of protocol, from 1958 to 1961.

Works

• Clement E. Conger, Mary K. Itsell, Treasures of State: Fine and Decorative Art in the Diplomatic Reception Rooms of the U.S. Department of State, H.N. Abrams, 1991, ISBN 978-0-8109-3911-0

References

1. Files, John (January 13, 2004). "Clement Conger, 91, Curator Who Beautified Federal Halls". The New York Times.
2. Kempster, Norman (August 7, 1990). "Insider : He Took Charge of a Shabby State Department : Clement Conger is his name and furnishing is his game. For the last 30 years, he has made sure that foreign VIP's like what they see in Washington D.C". Los Angeles Times.

External links

• Reminiscences of Clement Conger : oral history, 1972., Columbia University
• Constance M. Greiff (1987). Independence: the creation of a national park. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-8047-0.
• http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?041+ful+SJ187+pdf
• http://thenewnixon.org/2009/10/05/pat-nixon-and-the-golden-age-of-the-white-house/
• http://sackheritage.com/articles/articles.php?articleID=13