Clement Ellis Conger on was an American museum curator, and curator of the State Department diplomatic rooms, and the White House

White House

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Life

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

Combined Chiefs of Staff

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World War II

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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 9780810939110

External links

• Reminiscences of Clement Conger : oral history, 1972., Columbia University
• 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