Clement Conger

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.

Following graduation from Strayer College, Conger worked as an office manager for the Chicago Tribune and for U.S. Rubber Co.

In 1992, he received the Henry Francis du Pont Award from the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, which recognizes awardees' "contributions of national significance to the knowledge, preservation, and enjoyment of American decorative arts, architecture, landscape design, and gardens.

"[3] Conger died of pneumonia in Delray Beach, Florida, on January 11, 2004, and was interred in Glendale, California.

The John Quincy Adams State Drawing Room, part of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the United States Department of State , where Conger assembled most of this furniture and art