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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | James F. Conway |
| Address |
St. Louis, Missouri , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
June 27, 1933 |
| Died |
Still Living
(91 years) |
| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | David
Jun 27, 2020 11:25am |
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| Info | James Conway was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 27, 1933. After attending St. Louis University he was awarded two degrees; B.S. in Geophysical Engineering, and M.B.A. in Business Administration. He married Joan C. Newman and they had five children.
Conway was a sales engineer and production manager for the Nooter Corporation. Elected to the Missouri General Assembly as a representative in 1966, he served in the House until 1974 when he was elected to the State Senate, in which he served until 1977. When elected Mayor, Conway was president of the A.C.I. Plastics Company.
In the March, 1977 primary election Conway defeated former Mayor Cervantes for the Democratic nomination. In the April 5 general election he was winner by a large margin over James A. Stemmler, Republican, and William Clay, a write-in candidate.
In 1977 James Conway became the forty-fifth Mayor of St. Louis.
Mayor Conway obtained a $15,000,000 Federal grant opening the way for a $150,000 May Department Stores Shopping Mall. Legislation enabling construction of new downtown office buildings was guided through the Board of Alderman.
Col. Leonard Griggs, Air Force Retired, was brought in to head the Airport.
Comptroller Percich and the Mayor differed on interpretations of the City Charter. As a result, lawsuits and threats of lawsuits were brought by the Mayor. He did gain control over spending $35,000,000 in Federal Community Development block grants, in a bout with the Board of Aldermen.
Mayor Conway succeeded in getting the $25,000 city salary limit removed from the charter. In the primary election of August 5, 1980, the voters approved this amendent to the City charter. Duplication of services at City and Homer Phillips Hospitals concerned Mayor Conway. His movement toward changing the role of Phillips Hospital occupied much of his time. Consolidating most hospital services at City Hospital led him into conflict with residents from the City's north side. The transfer of patients and equipment from Phillips to City Hospital came in 1979.
Conway had more problems with north side residents when he recommended the construction of the long considered North-South Distributor Highway. brought controversy with North Side residents. These conflicts were largely responsible for the delayed budget ordinance for the year 1979/80. This budget was passed by the Alderman eight months after the start of the fiscal year.
Mayor Conway sought control over the Police Department budget, as had former Mayors. Since 1861 the City police have been under State control but with the city paying the bill. Mayor Conway did not succeed in having this changed by the 1980 legislature.
After leaving office, James F. Conway returned to his business, ACI Plastics. Later, he and former mayors Vincent Schoemehl and Freeman Bosley, Jr. worked with the Citizens for Home Rule. The group sought to change the City Charter in order to reform city government. James Conway remained active in the Shaw Neighborhood Improvement Association, the Oak Hill Neighborhood Improvement Association, and the Flora Place Protective Association.
Wikipedia claims he was born on June 27, 1932.
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