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Newspaper Article
OCC professor's love of history was contagious
2006
Overview
Conway's son, [Ian Conway], said his father's curiosity was boundless, his interests encompassing American Indians of the Midwest, the Irish immigrant experience and Illinois and Chicago political history. In addition to his teaching, Conway was heavily involved with The Grove National Historic Landmark, also known as The Grove, a 124- acre site owned and managed by the Glenview Park District. The site, which contains wetland, prairie and savanna ecosystems, was the home of John Kennicott, the original settler of the area, and his son, Robert, who collected natural history specimens in the forests of northwestern Canada and the Arctic tundra in the 1850s and '60s, worked with the Smithsonian Institution and was the first director of the Chicago Academy of Sciences. Steve Swanson, director of The Grove, said Conway was vice president of the Grove Heritage Association and The Grove's historian, providing hundreds of documents. He also brought Oakton students to The Grove to participate in educational programs.
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Daily Herald
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