Clement, Arthur W. (Arthur Wilfred), 1878-

Arthur W. Clement was born in 1878, the son of a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Nathaniel Holmes Clement. He attended Yale College (class of 1900) and after graduating from New York Law School in 1902, he worked for the law firms of Cravath & Henderson and Tipple & Plitt. He became a partner at the firm of Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston.

He served as a trustee of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Governing Committee of the Brooklyn Museum, beginning in 1943. He was elected vice-chairman of the Committee in 1944. In addition, he was elected director of the Kings County Trust Company and was a member of the New York City Bar, the Maritime Law Association and the Century Association of Manhattan (1945-1952). He also served as president of the Rembrandt Club of Brooklyn, a social club for art patrons and collectors.

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