AR8,1,42 Whereas, Francis Conway was born on March 5, 1902, to Michael and
3Catherine Conway in Lyndon Station, Wisconsin, and died March 3, 1999, in Stanley,
4Wisconsin; and

AR8,1,65 Whereas, Mr. Conway graduated from Mauston High School, was assistant
6cashier at Lyndon State Bank, and was a state bank examiner; and

AR8,1,107 Whereas, in the 1920s, Mr. Conway was instrumental in creating Thorp
8Finance Corporation, which started with an investment of $5,000, and eventually
9grew into a multimillion dollar company and one of the largest consumer loan firms
10in the Midwest; and

AR8,1,1311 Whereas, as chairman of Thorp Finance Corporation, Mr. Conway kept the
12company headquarters in Thorp until he retired in 1969, when the firm had 137 loan
13offices in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri; and

AR8,2,214 Whereas, Mr. Conway served on the Consumer Credit Review Board, the
15Banking Review Board, the Marquette University Board, as a delegate to

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1Democratic national conventions from the time of President Franklin Roosevelt
2through the presidency of Lyndon Johnson; and

AR8,2,53 Whereas, Mr. Conway was past president of the American Finance Conference
4and the American Industrial Bankers Association, and was chosen as "Irishman of
5the Year" by the Shamrock Club of Wisconsin; and

AR8,2,86 Whereas, Mr. Conway and his wife, Philomene, were active in the local
7community and donated a library building and a park to Thorp; now, therefore, be
8it