Background
Conger, Clement Ellis was born on October 15, 1912 in Rockingham, Virginia, United States. Son of Clement E. and Hallie (Ramsay) Conger.
curator foreign service officer
Conger, Clement Ellis was born on October 15, 1912 in Rockingham, Virginia, United States. Son of Clement E. and Hallie (Ramsay) Conger.
Graduate, Strayer College graduate, George Washington University, 1933-1934; graduate, Adjunct General Officer Candidate School, Fort Washington Maryland., 1943; Doctor of Humane Letters, College William and Mary, 1977.
Assistant finance examiner, Public Works Administration, 1933-1934;
officer manager, correspondent, Chicago Tribune, Washington, 1934-1941;
office manager, United States Rubber Company, Washington, 1941-1942;
public relations assistant, United States Rubber Company. New York City, 1946-1947;
staff assistant, assistant executive director assistant secretary state for occupied areas, Department State, 1947-1949;
staff assistant, assistant executive director, Bureau German Affairs, 1949-1954;
assistant chief protocol, Bureau German Affairs, 1955-1957;
deputy chief protocol, Bureau German Affairs, 1958-1961;
special assistant to director, executive secretary Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, State Department, Washington, 1962-1969;
deputy chief protocol, 1969-1970;
curator, Diplomatic Reception Rooms State Department, 1961-1992;
White House curator, Diplomatic Reception Rooms State Department, 1970-1986;
curator, Blair House, 1976-1992. Chairman Fine Arts Center Department State, 1961-1992.
Senior consultant Christie's Manson and Woods, 1992-1995. Lecturer on diplomatic reception rooms Department of State and White House. Former advisor White House Preservation Fund.
Member Committee for Preservation White House. Member Committee Distinguished Americans for Mount Vernon. Former vice chairman Committee on Governor's Mansion, Richmond, Virginia.
Chairman president's house refurbishing committee College William and Mary. Vice president Lee-Jackson Foundation. Chairman Virginia Trust for Historic Preservation.
Member Collectors Circle National Gallery Art. Member H.F. du Pont Collectors Circle, Winterthur Museum. Former member Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship Foundation.
Member National Advisory Committee on Monuments and Sites. Former member The Woodlawn Plantation Foundation. Member of advisory committee Mount Vernon, acquisitions committee Supreme Court History Society.
Board directors Decatur House, National Trust for History Preservation, Tudor Place, Dumbarton House. Vice president Lee-Jackson Foundation. Trustee Canterbury Cathedral Trust in American.
Advisor Gunston Hall Plantation. History preservation advisor Committee for Preservation Treasury Building. Former vestryman, senior warden History Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia.
Member development board, former trustee Washington National Cathedral. Major Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Assistant secretary combined civil affairs committee Combined Chiefs Staff.
Member Sons of the American Revolution, Society Cincinnati, Chevaliers de Tastevin, International Organisation Experts (honorary), Association Diplomatic Studies (board directors), Raleigh Tavern Society, Colonial Williamsburg Virginia Foundation, National Cathedral Association, Gulf Stream Bath & Tennis Club (Del Ray Beach, Florida), Metropolitan Club (Washington), Chevy ChaseClub (Washington).
Married Lianne Hopkins, May 29, 1948. Children— William Ramsay, Jay Alden, Shelley Louise.