Background
Conaway, Mary Ellen was born on February 2, 1944 in Barstow, California, United States. Daughter of Ray Levern and Rosalie Joan (Frankovich) Conaway.
anthropologist museum director
Conaway, Mary Ellen was born on February 2, 1944 in Barstow, California, United States. Daughter of Ray Levern and Rosalie Joan (Frankovich) Conaway.
Bachelor, University California, Riverside, 1968. Master of Arts, University Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, certified in Latin American studies, University Pittsburgh, 1976.
Curator of exhibits, assistant professor University Texas and El Paso Centennial Museum, 1978-1980. Assistant director and curator exhibits Oregon State University Horner Museum, Corvallis, 1980-1982. Curator Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural History, Providence, 1982-1984.
Museum administrator City of Tempe, Arizona, 1984-1987. Director Racine (Wisconsin) County Museum, since 1988. Visiting assistant professor University Oklahoma, Norman, 1976-1977, University Southern Florida, Tampa, 1977-1978.
Adjunct faculty member anthropology Arizona State University, Tempe, 1984-1988. Associate faculty member Brown University, Providence, 1982-1983. Cond. Rhode Island College, Providence, 1983-1984, National Endowment for Humanities/Washington Hillsborough County Museum, Tampa, 1977-1978.
Member Tempe Sister Cities Corporation, 1984-1987, Racine Arts Council, since 1988, Downtown Racine Corporation, since 1989. Member Central Arizona Museum Association (board directors 1986-1988, program chairman 1985-1988, secretary 1986-1988), Museum Association Arizona (board directors 1986-1988, east-central representative), American Association Museum, American Association State and Local History, Wisconsin Women Entrepreneurs, Mountain Plains Museum Association (parlimentarian 1979-1980), Archaeol. Association Rhode Island (founder), Midwest Museums Association, Wisconsin Federation Museums, Sigma Xi.
Married Larry Allan Goodwin, June 18, 1983.