Biography

11/15/1905 - 03/21/1983

CONWAY, Edward J., Jr.,  a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, November 15, 1905 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; served, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, United States Army (1942-1945, World War II; Silver Star, Purple Heart, 2 Oak-Leaf Clusters, Philippines Liberation Ribbon with a Bronze Star, the Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with 4 Bronze Stars recipient); deputy city real estate assessor, Philadelphia; deputy coroner, Philadelphia; chair, 44th Ward Democratic Executive Committee; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1949 and 1951 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1953 term; member, Board of Revision of Taxes, Philadelphia (1951-1981); died, March 21, 1983 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Old Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennnsylvania.