Carlos Clark Van Leer
{{Short description|American military officer (b. 1865, d. 1953)}}
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| birth_date = October 15, 1865
| death_date = {{dda|1953|11|3|1865|10|15}}
| birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
| death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.
| resting_place = Arlington National Cemetery
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| birth_name = Carlos Clark Van Leer
| relatives = Samuel Van Leer (great-grandfather)
| children = 2
| allegiance = United States of America
| branch = United States Army
| serviceyears = 1885–1904
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| battles = Spanish–American War
| alma_mater = Vanderbilt University
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Carlos Clark Van Leer (October 15, 1865 – November 3, 1953) was an American military officer who served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War and as Chief of the Personnel Classification Board in the United States Department of the Treasury. He was a member of the influential Van Leer family.
Early life and education
Van Leer was born on October 15, 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee, to Samuel Van Leer and Alice Clark.{{cite book |last1=Haskins |first1=Charles Waldo |title=National Yearbook - National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution |date=1902 |publisher=National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution |page=319 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VukQAQAAMAAJ |access-date=24 August 2022}} He graduated with a degree in law from Vanderbilt University in 1895.{{cite web |title=Bernard Vanleer GENERATION 9.4 – FOURTH CHILD OF SAMUEL VANLEER |url=https://vanleerarchives.org/samuel-van-leer/bernard-vanleer/ |website=www.vanleerarchives.org |publisher=Van Leer Archives |access-date=24 August 2022}} He married Harriet Taylor Draper in Washington, Kansas on August 23, 1905.{{cite web |last1=Patterson |first1=Michael Robert |title=Carlos Clark Van Leer Captain, United States Army |url=https://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/ccvanleer.htm |website=www.arlingtoncemetery.net |publisher=Michael Robert Patterson |access-date=24 August 2022}} He was a member of the influential Van Leer family and his great-grandfather Samuel Van Leer was a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Both his sons Anthony and Carlos served as military officers. His son Anthony Wayne Van Leer also had a long prominent military career as an officer in the Navy. After graduating from Dartmouth as an engineer, Anthony served during World War II and later worked for the White House on various engineering projects.{{cite web |last1=Archives |first1=Van Leer |title=Anthony Wayne Van Leer Bio |url=https://vanleerarchives.org/anthony-wayne-van-leer/ |website=Van Leer Family Archives & History |date=26 January 2023}}{{cite web |title=Bernard Vanleer GENERATION 9.4 – FOURTH CHILD OF SAMUEL VANLEER |url=https://vanleerarchives.org/samuel-van-leer/bernard-vanleer/ |website=www.vanleerarchives.org |publisher=Van Leer Archives |access-date=24 August 2022}}{{cite web |last1=JR |first1=CHARLES V. RAYMOND,HARRISON F. CONDON |title=1930 {{!}} Dartmouth Alumni Magazine {{!}} March 1974 |url=https://archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/article/1974/3/1/1930 |website=Dartmouth Alumni Magazine {{!}} The Complete Archive}} His son Carlos graduated from Yale University and served as an officer during multiple wars.{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Bart |title=Carlos Van Leer died at 86 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/01/30/carlos-van-leer-roving-satirist-dies-at-86/128b5d0c-d506-4d9f-b58d-61e0d8b09595/ |newspaper=Washington Post |date=30 January 1993}}
Career
Van Leer served in the US Army as a first lieutenant and was promoted to captain. He served in the Spanish–American War and returned home to work as a government official running the treasury branch in Tennessee{{cite book |title=Official Register of the United States |publication-date=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office. |location=Nashville, TN |isbn=9780826504753 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uVU9AQAAMAAJ&dq=+%22Van+Leer%22++&pg=PA58 |date=1 July 1905}} Van Leer served as the assistant director for the Office of Management and Budget and later worked as the Chief of the Personnel Classification Board in the United States Department of the Treasury. Van Leer died on November 3, 1953, and was interred at Arlington National Cemetery.{{cite web |title=Van Leer, Carlos C |url=https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/search-all/results/1/Cgh2YW4gbGVlcg--/ |website=www.ancexplorer.army.mil |publisher=U.S. Army |access-date=24 August 2022}}{{cite book |last1=Waller|first1=William |title=Vintage Vanderbilt Through The Years |publication-date=1890|publisher=Vanderbilt University |location=Nashville, TN |isbn=9780826504753 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=58hAEAAAQBAJ&q=carlos&pg=PT301 |date=3 October 1970}}