FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Norman E. Johnson
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Rockford, Illinois
815-962-8867

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2003


                           CLARCOR ELECTS PAUL DONOVAN
                            TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

                       DECLARES REGULAR QUARTERLY DIVIDEND


ROCKFORD, IL, MARCH 25, 2003 -- CLARCOR INC. (NYSE: CLC) announced today that
Paul Donovan has been elected to its Board of Directors. Mr. Donovan will
replace Lawrence E. Gloyd, CLARCOR's former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer,
who retired from the Board on March 24, 2003.

Mr. Donovan, age 55, is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer at Wisconsin Energy Corporation (a diversified holding company providing
energy and manufacturing services) where he has worked since August 1999.
Previously, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Sundstrand Corporation (a manufacturer of industrial and aerospace products)
where he worked from 1988 to 1999. Earlier in his career he worked in financial
positions at Allied-Signal (currently Honeywell Corporation) and Ford Motor
Company. He is currently a Director of Woodward Governor Company, AMCORE
Financial, Inc. and Solutia, Inc. He has a B.A from Fairfield University and an
M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.

The CLARCOR Board of Directors at the March 24, 2003 Board meeting declared a
regular quarterly dividend of $0.1225 per share, payable April 25, 2003 to
shareholders of record April 11, 2003.

CLARCOR is based in Rockford, Illinois, and is a diversified marketer and
manufacturer of mobile, industrial and environmental filtration products and
consumer and industrial packaging products sold in domestic and international
markets. Common shares of the Company are traded on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol CLC.

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