Background
Conley, Raymond Leslie was born on February 25, 1923 in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. Son of Orville Ray and Goldie Gladys (Wallack) Conley.
Conley, Raymond Leslie was born on February 25, 1923 in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. Son of Orville Ray and Goldie Gladys (Wallack) Conley.
AB with honors, Park College, 1947. Postgraduate, Nebraska University, 1950. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1958.
Postgraduate, Ol Dominion University, 1968.
Deputy county clerk, Nemaha County, Auburn, Nebraska, 1942-1945;
teacher, English, speech, St. Edward (Nebraska) High School, 1948-1950;
teacher, English, speech, Oakland (Nebraska) High School, 1950-1952;
teacher, English, speech, Nebraska City (Nebraska) High School, 1952-1956;
teacher, English, speech, Galesburg (Illinois) High School, 1956-1958;
teacher, English, speech, Maine Township High School East, Park Ridge, Illinois, 1958-1965;
assistant Professor of English, speech, Methodist College, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1966-1977;
English professor, Campbell U., Buies Creek, North Carolina, 1980-1983;
auxiliary faculty, Campbell U., Fort Bragg, North Carolina, since 1978. Coach Nebraska State Debate Champs, 1951, 52. Judge Iowa State Speech Contest, 1952, 53.
Member Council Status of Women, Fayetteville, 1965-1968. Auxiliary faculty Campbell U., Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, since 1985. Speech coach, judge local and sectional contests Toastmistress Club.
Precinct officer Democratic party, Fayetteville, 1964-1968. Coordinator Congressional District Common Cause, 1978, member state program action committee, state and governor board 1976-1978, 95-. Director state governance board Common Cause, North Carolina, since 1995.
Member Congress Watch/Public Citizen, People for the American Way, American Civil Liberties Union, North Carolina American Civil Liberties Union. Conservation coordinator Sierra Club, 1978. Member Amnesty International.
Volunteer Fayetteville Museum Art. Member National Organization for Women, American Association of University Professors, International Platform Association, Fayetteville Foreign Film Society(co-founder 1967), Institute for Southern Studies, World Future Society, Foundation For National Progress, North Carolina Alliance For Democracy, Amnesty International, Americans United for Separation Church and State, Lambda Chi Alpha.