Born at Port Townsend, Wash.; education: 1921, U.S. Military Academy; 1930, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 1921-1931, Coast Artillery Corps & Ordnance duty, 8th Corps Area; 1931-36 Ordnance Officer; 1937-40, Captain assigned to Picatinny Arsenal, N.J.; 1940-42, Deputy Chief of Military Training Division; 1942-43, Executive to Chief of Field Service Division; 1943-47, Director of Supply, 9th Service Command as Colonel, Legion of Merit and Army Commendation Ribbon; 1947-49, Alaskan Theater Ordnance Officer; 1950-54, Chairman, Armed Services Explosives Safty Board Office, Sec. of Defense; 1954 Sept. 1, retired, rank of Colonel with 33 yr. 2 months service.
From the description of The Harold J. Conway papers, 1921-1984. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 21395472
