David Arthur Conant

Background

Conant, David Arthur was born on December 22, 1945 in Biloxi, Mississippi, United States. Son of Roger and Lillian Rose May (Lovell) Conant.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Union College, 1968; Master of Arts in Geology, Columbia University, 1972; Bachelor of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1975; Master of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1975.

Career

Faculty fellow, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, New York, 1970-1972; teaching assistant, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1973-1976; assistant professor department architecture, California State Polytechnic U., Pomona, 1976-1978; senior consultant, Bolt Beranek Newman Inc., Canoga Park, California, 1977-1987; principal, McKay Conant Brook, Inc., Westlake Village, California, since 1987. Consultant International Business Machines Corporation Building Energy Research Group, Marina del Rey, California, 1976-1977, Expo '93, Taejon, Korea, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, VA Replacement Hospital, Portland, Oregon. Principal acoustical consultant Disneyland Paris, 1989-1992, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain, 1994-1996, Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, 1995-1997, Tokyo Disney Seas,1996-1997, performing arts centers Idaho State University, Colorado College, Notre Dame U.

Lecturer acoustics University of California at Los Angeles.

Achievements

• David Arthur Conant has been listed as a notable Architectural acoustician, educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Instructor, volunteer Upward Bound, Schenectady, New York, 1967-1968. Overseas volunteer American Friends Svc. Committee, Yugoslavia and Denmark, 1967.

With United States Army,1968-1970. Member American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers, Acoustical Society American (architectural acoustics technical committee), National.Coun. Acoustical Cons. (board directors), Construction Specifications Institute, Sigma Xi (university chapters lecturer physics).

Connections

Married Nancy Hayes, June 17, 1972. Children: Christopher, Tyler.

Father:

Roger Conant

Mother:

Lillian Rose May (Lovell) Conant

Spouse:

Nancy Hayes

child:

Tyler Conant

child:

Christopher Conant