Eldon R. Clingan Explained

Eldon R. Clingan is an American accountant and former Liberal Party of New York politician from New York City. In his youth, he was a member of the League for Industrial Democracy and national chair of the Young People's Socialist League from 1958 to 1959.^[1]

Clingan served in the New York City Council representing a Manhattan, New York at-large district from 1970 to 1973. He served as Minority Leader of that body from also from 1970 to 1973^[2] and helped to introduce Intro 475, civil rights legislation that would have prohibited discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. The bill was defeated.^[3]

In later years Clingan served as the President of the National Society of Accountants from 2004 to 2005.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eldon Clingan Socialist Currents. 18 November 2018 . 2021-05-28. en-US.
2. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=46253 Clingan, Eldon R.
3. Gay Activist Alliance Papers, Box 15 Folder 1, Ad Hoc Intro 2, Reel 1, Emory University
4. Web site: Top 100 Most Influential Practitioners 2005. January 1, 2005. National Public Accountant. National Society of Public Accountants.