University of Virginia Library

Deputy Chief Of Protocol
Speaks On Diplomacy

Clement E. Conger, Deputy Chief of
Protocol of the United States will speak
on "Protocol: Problems in Diplomacy"
Monday night at 8:30 in the Newcomb
Hall Ballroom.

As Deputy Chief of Protocol, Mr.
Conger arranges important events for the
President, Vice-President, and Secretary
of State. He is considered an expert on
questions of national and international protocol.

In charge of all state visits to this country,
he is constantly concerned with showing the
various aspects of America to visitors.

A native of Virginia, Mr. Conger joined the
State Department in 1947 as Executive Officer
to the Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied
Areas (Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea);
then was staff Assistant and Assistant Executive
Director for Administration and Operations,
Bureau of German Affairs, 1949-1954.

Serving with the German Bureau, Mr.
Conger was so familiar with the visits of
Chancellor Adenauer that he was borrowed for
60 days by the Chief of Protocol to help with
other visits when Protocol lost two important
staff members, and he stayed for six years.

Clement E. Conger

Mr. Conger served as Special Assistant to the
Director of the United States Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency from 1962 to 1968. He
received the State Department's Superior
Honor Award in 1966.