User:Mackensen/Thomas Conway Jr.

Mackensen/Thomas Conway Jr.
Born	(1882-08-30)August 30, 1882 Philadelphia
Died	January 2, 1962(1962-01-02) (aged 79) Philadelphia
Occupations	Finance professor Railroad executive Transportation consultant
Years active	1905–1962

Thomas Conway Jr. (August 30, 1882 – January 2, 1962) was an American professor and railroad executive.

Biography

Conway was born in Philadelphia on August 30, 1882, to Thomas and Anna Elizabeth Keebler Conway. He attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, earning a bachelor's degree in 1904 and a doctorate in 1907. Conway began teaching finance at Wharton in 1905, before earning his Ph.D., and continued to through 1929. He attained the rank of full professor in 1914.

Conway's transportation career began in 1922, when bondholders of the bankrupt Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad hired him to represent their interests.

References

• Due, John F. (1988). "Thomas Conway, Jr.". In Bryant, Keith L. (ed.). Railroads in the age of regulation, 1900-1980. New York City: Facts on File. pp. 95–96. ISBN 978-0-8160-1371-5.
• Grant, H. Roger (2016). Electric Interurbans and the American People. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-02272-1.
• Hilton, George W.; Due, John Fitzgerald (1960). The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-4014-2. OCLC 237973.
• Middleton, William D. (1961). The Interurban Era. Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-003-8. OCLC 4357897 – via Archive.org.

Category:1882 births Category:1962 deaths Category:20th-century American railroad executives Category:Businesspeople from Philadelphia Category:Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni Category:Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania faculty