8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)
                                 MARCH 24, 2003

                                  CLARCOR INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)



           Delaware                     1-11024                 36-0922490
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(State or other jurisdiction       (Commission File           (IRS Employer
of incorporation)                       Number)           Identification Number)



           2323 Sixth Street, P.O. Box 7007, Rockford, Illinois, 61125
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)



                                    815-962-8867
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                         (Registrant's telephone number,
                              including area code)


                                       N/A
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         (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report).




ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS


A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of CLARCOR Inc., a Delaware
corporation (NYSE: CLC) (the "Company"), was held on March 24, 2003. At the
meeting, the Board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.1225 per share of Common
Stock, to be paid on April 25, 2003 to shareholders of record April 11, 2003.

The Board also elected Mr. Paul Donovan to the Board to fill a vacancy caused by
the retirement of Mr. Lawrence E. Gloyd from the Board. Mr. Donovan is currently
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Wisconsin Energy
Company.


ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS & EXHIBITS

Exhibit 99.1 - Press Release dated March 25, 2003.


                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                CLARCOR INC.



March 25, 2003          By: /s/ Norman E. Johnson
                                Chairman of the Board, President &
                                Chief Executive Officer

EX-99.1

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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