2008
Carolyn Annette Clampitt, 78, a retired deputy director of the Smithsonian Institution's visitor reception center, died Oct 30 at
Sibley Memorial Hospital of a blood disorder. She was a lifelong Washington resident.
Miss Clampitt graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1948 and attended the old Holton-Arms Junior College and
what is now Randolph College in Lynchburg.
She worked as a receptionist at the Covington and Burling law firm in the 1950s and then worked in fashion merchandising at
Garfinckel's and Saks Fifth Avenue department stories in the 1960s, rising to bridal and couture buyer at Garfinckel's.
Miss Clampitt began volunteering at the Smithsonian and then was hired in the 1970s as weekend program coordinator for its
Visitor Information and Associates Reception Center. She became deputy director of the center, holding that position until her
1989 retirement.
She was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church in Chevy Chase.
She had no immediate family survivors.
-- Patricia Sullivan