Clement Conger

{{Short description|American museum curator and civil servant (1912–2004)}}

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| name = Clement Conger

| image = JFKWHP-KN-C19433 (cropped).jpg

| alt = Clement Conger smiling

| caption = Conger in November 1961

| office1 = 4th White House Curator

| president1 = Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan

| term_start1 = 1970

| term_end1 = 1986

| predecessor1 = James R. Ketchum

| successor1 = Rex Scouten

| office2 = 1st Curator of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms

| term_start2 = 1961

| term_end2 = 1992

| deputy2 = Gail F. Serfaty

| predecessor2 = Position established

| successor2 = Harry Schnabel Jr.

| office3 = Deputy Chief of Protocol of the United States

| term_start3 = 1958

| term_end3 = 1961

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| office4 = Assistant Chief of Protocol of the United States

| term_start4 = 1955

| term_end4 = 1957

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| office5 = Special Assistant, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

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| office6 = Assistant Secretary of the Combined Chiefs of Staff

| term_start6 = c.1943

| term_end6 = c.1945

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| birth_name = Clement Ellis Conger

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|10|15}}

| birth_place = Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|01|11|1912|10|15}}

| death_place = Delray Beach, Florida, U.S.

| death_cause = Pneumonia

| resting_place = Glendale, California, U.S.

| spouse = Lianne Hopkins Conger

| children = {{hlist|William|Jay|Shelley}}

| education = Strayer College
George Washington University

| occupation = Cultural heritage management

| known_for = Creation of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms

| cabinet =

| committees = Fine Arts Committee

| allegiance = United States of America

| branch = {{army|US}}

| serviceyears = c.1940–1945

| rank = 25px Major

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| commands = Assistant Secretary of the Combined Chiefs of Staff

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Clement Ellis Conger (October 15, 1912 – January 11, 2004) was an American museum curator and public servant. He served as director of the Office of Fine Arts at the U.S. Department of State, where he worked as curator of both the Diplomatic Reception Rooms and Blair House. He also served as Curator of the White House under U.S. Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/13/us/clement-conger-91-curator-who-beautified-federal-halls.html | work=The New York Times | first=John | last=Files | title=Clement Conger, 91, Curator Who Beautified Federal Halls | date=January 13, 2004}}{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-07-wr-216-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Norman | last=Kempster | title=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 | date=August 7, 1990}} Prior to working as a curator, Conger served as a Foreign Service Officer, as the Deputy Chief of Protocol of the United States, and as Assistant Secretary of the Combined Chiefs of Staff.