8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       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)   January 20, 2006


                                  CLARCOR INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



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


            840 Crescent Centre Drive, Suite 600, Franklin, TN 37067
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               (Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code   615-771-3100
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report).



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Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management

         Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

(a) On January 24, 2006 CLARCOR Inc., a Delaware corporation (NYSE: CLC) (the
"Company"), issued a press release announcing (a) the election of James W.
Bradford, Jr., to the Board of Directors; and (b) the election of Mr. Richard M.
Wolfson as the Company's Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary. Mr. Wolfson is replacing Mr. David J. Boyd who is retiring.

Section 9 - Financial Statements & Exhibits

         Item 9.01 Financial Statements & Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1 - Press Release dated January 24, 2006.



                                   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 hereunto duly authorized.

                                   CLARCOR INC.



                                   By  /s/ Norman E. Johnson
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                                       Norman E. Johnson, Chairman of the Board,
                                       President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: January 25, 2006

EX-99.1

                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bruce A. Klein
Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Franklin, Tennessee
615-771-3100

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2006



FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE, JANUARY 24, 2006 - CLARCOR INC. (NYSE: CLC) announced today
that James W. Bradford, Jr., has been elected to its Board of Directors. Mr.
Bradford will fill a vacancy on the Board.

Mr. Bradford, age 58, is the Dean of the Owen Graduate School of Management at
Vanderbilt University. He previously served as Associate Dean at Owen and
earlier as the President and Chief Executive Officer at United Glass Corporation
and at AFG Industries, Inc. Mr. Bradford is also a director of Genesco, Inc.,
Nashville, Tennessee, and Granite Construction, Incorporated, Watsonville,
California.

"Jim Bradford provides a unique combination of business and academic expertise
and experience that we believe will be invaluable to CLARCOR," said Norman
Johnson, CLARCOR's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "We are pleased that he
has joined CLARCOR's Board of Directors."

The Company also announced that Mr. Richard M. Wolfson was elected by the Board
as its Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Wolfson
replaces Mr. David J. Boyd who is retiring. Prior to joining the Company, Mr.
Wolfson was a principal in the InterAmerican Group, a strategic advisory and
private equity firm. Before that, he was a partner in the Chicago office of
Baker & McKenzie.

CLARCOR is based in Franklin, Tennessee, 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.