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	Frank Conroy -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Frank Conroy (January 15, 1936 - April 6, 2005) was an (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American author, born in (additional info and facts about New York, New York) New York, New York.
		Conroy was also the head of the influential Writer's Workshop at the (additional info and facts about University of Iowa) University of Iowa for 18 years, from 1987 until 2005.
		Conroy died of colon cancer on April 6, 2005 in (additional info and facts about Iowa City, Iowa) Iowa City, Iowa.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fr/frank_conroy.htm (195 words)

	Frank Conroy interview transcript
		Frank Conroy, chairman of St George Bank and a former CEO of Westpac, announced he would be retiring in December.
		Frank Conroy, Chairman of St George Bank: Oh, yes, and the law has recognised that; that there is a difference between the chairman and the other directors.
		Frank Conroy: Well, my wife and I have formed the view that it was time; that I had been in senior corporate life either as an executive or as a chairman or director for the last 20-odd years.
	www.seven.com.au /sundaysunrise/finance_040606_conroy (1306 words)

	Frank Conroy \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Frank Conroy, who for the past 18 years headed the celebrated Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa, where he taught and influenced generations of young writers, died Wednesday at his home in Iowa City.
		Frank Conroy was born in New York City on Jan. 15, 1936.
		Conroy was hand-picked by James O. Freedman, then the president of the University of Iowa, to succeed Jack Leggett as director of the Writers' Workshop.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050410/news_mz1j10conroy.html (855 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / Frank Conroy, 69, memoirist, director of noted workshop
		Frank Conroy, the memoirist and longtime director of the celebrated University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop, died Wednesday.
		IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Frank Conroy, the memoirist and longtime director of the celebrated University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop, died Wednesday.
		Conroy died at his home in Iowa City of colon cancer, said James Alan McPherson, acting co-director of the workshop.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/04/07/frank_conroy_69_memoirist_director_of_noted_workshop (434 words)

	Frank Conroy; Author and Iowa Writers' Workshop Director (washingtonpost.com)
		Frank Conroy, who exerted a strong influence over a generation of American writers despite his own slender literary output, died April 6 of colon cancer at his home in Iowa City.
		Conroy's memoir described his life growing up in New York as the son of an absent and alcoholic father who left him little but a "wall of books" that he devoured as a boy.
		Conroy 18 years to produce a second book, a collection of short stories called "Midair" (1985), and he did not publish his first and only novel, "Body and Soul," until he was 57.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A32777-2005Apr6.html (671 words)

	FrankConroy040705
		Frank Conroy, author, director of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop from 1987-2004, jazz pianist and long-time, part-time Nantucket resident, died at his home in Iowa City Wednesday, April 6, 2005 of colon cancer.
		There was something about Frank and the music he created and the feeling he created in the room he was playing in that was pure energy,” said Mahon, who credited Conroy with giving some of the better jazz players today their start through his mentorship.
		Frank Conroy is survived by his wife Maggie of Iowa City; three sons: Tim of Iowa City, Will of Tucson, Ariz. and Dan of Ashland, Mass.
	www.ack.net /FrankConroy040705.html (996 words)

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		Concerned that Conroy's failure to remove the hazardous waste was endangering public health and safety and the environment, the DER decided to initiate an "interim response" under Pa. Stat.
		The Conroys contend that this award was actually a "surcharge," rather than compensation for "actual" and "necessary" expenses, and that in any event the DER did not adequately substantiate these expenses.
		Moreover, there is evidence in the record that tends to substantiate the reasonableness of the amount awarded.[fn3] For these reasons, we conclude that the district court properly held that the DER is entitled to $113,622.30 in administrative expenses, and we therefore affirm the order of the district court.
	vls.law.vill.edu /locator/3d/May1994/94a0715p.txt (1372 words)

	The Connection.org : Writing with Frank Conroy
		Frank Conroy writes that "literature is a river." For Frank, it's a river that flows from a wall of dusty books, into a hot New York street, past sausage carts and shoeshine stands, through the door of a smoky pool hall, dripping downstairs to a red-lit jazz club, echoing with Mingus and Marsalis.
		Conroy's vision and voice were born in New York's streets; a skinny white kid who kept his eyes open.
		Frank Conroy recalls a story that would be told differently now, than it could have been when it happened.
	www.theconnection.org /shows/2002/04/20020430_b_main.asp (236 words)

	Boston.com / A&E / Books / Frank Conroy to leave Iowa writing program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Frank Conroy, the longtime head of the celebrated Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa, will step down at the end of the year, The Associated Press learned Monday.
		Conroy, who wrote the acclaimed memoir "Stop-Time," described his job as both exhausting and exhilarating.
		Conroy is known for his blunt, confrontational approach and acknowledged Monday that he had made one student cry and another student faint.
	www.boston.com /ae/books/articles/2004/08/23/frank_conroy_to_leave_iowa_writing_program_1093295992 (585 words)

	Iowa Writers' Workshop / Frank Conroy / University of Iowa / Iowa City / Lissa Lord> (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1987, Frank Conroy became the fifth director of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.
		Conroy's love for playing jazz piano manifested itself in a paying job in the late 60s when he riffed regularly with a New England jazz quartet.
		Conroy's reverence for the belief in the writing process may best be expressed in his own words, in that you "keep writing because you don't know when it is going to happen.
	www.lib.uiowa.edu /ref/w-work/frank.htm (771 words)

	Writer's Workshop: Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Conroy earned his literary reputation with Stop-Time, his now classic memoir of a miserable youth that was published when he was 37.
		The article discusses Conroy's teaching career, the musical component of Body and Soul and his use of hsi unhappy childhood memories in his writings.
		Frank Conroy boke with tradition in 1967 when he published his debut, Stop-Time, as nonfiction.
	www.lib.uiowa.edu /ref/w-work/stop-time.htm (402 words)

	The New York Times > Books > Frank Conroy Dies at 69; Led Noted Writers' Workshop
		Conroy continued to spend his summers in Nantucket, which is the subject of his last book, "Time and Tide: A Walk Through Nantucket" (2004), and he became a well-known local character there, famous for, among other things, his weekly softball game, known as Third World Softball.
		Conroy was handpicked by James O. Freedman, then the president of the University of Iowa, to succeed Jack Leggett as director of the Writers' Workshop there.
		Conroy was a good enough pool player to have once run the table twice, and, though self-taught, a good enough pianist to have jammed with Charles Mingus.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/04/07/books/07conroy.html?ex=1270526400&en=711340a4fcc5e1c0&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt (1113 words)

	DesMoinesRegister.com \| News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Conroy is not talking about his new book, "Dogs Bark, but the Caravan Rolls On" (Houghton Mifflin, $23), a footnote to his acclaimed memoir "Stop-Time," published in 1967.
		Conroy came to Iowa City to teach at the workshop 25 years ago in a beat-up Volkswagen, like many a starving writer, on the advice of Kurt Vonnegut.
		To Conroy, writing is like reading, a thrilling process of lifelong discovery that is less a career than a passion, less a straight line than a wandering path.
	desmoinesregister.com /news/stories/c4788998/18075801.html (1230 words)

	Frank Conroy, ran Iowa Writers' Workshop
		Conroy won literary praise in 1967 for Stop-Time, which chronicled his growing up in homes that included a Florida shack, a snowy cabin and a tiny Manhattan apartment.
		Conroy was known for favoring old-fashioned narration to experimental writing and for being a no-nonsense, curmudgeonly instructor.
		Conroy is survived by his second wife, Maggie, his three sons and three grandchildren.
	www.suntimes.com /output/obituaries/cst-nws-xcon07.html (537 words)

	Bookreporter.com - DOGS BARK, BUT THE CARAVAN ROLLS ON by Frank Conroy
		In this fine collection, Conroy collects 22 of his articles and essays, spanning a quarter of a century, in which he takes on big subjects: childhood, fatherhood, family, education, writing, and jazz.
		Conroy is himself an acclaimed jazz pianist, even winning a Grammy Award in 1986, and he offers us two brilliant pieces on the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis --- meditations on the history and allure of jazz.
		Conroy doesn't think much of Mick Jagger, whom he considers something of an egomaniac: "Jagger is indeed the point, and the music becomes no more than the frame for his performance." As for Mr.
	aolsvc.bookreporter.aol.com /reviews/061815468X.asp (566 words)

	BrothersJudd Blog: TIME STOPPED:
		Frank Conroy, the author of the classic memoir "Stop-Time" and an influence on generations of young writers, died yesterday at his home in Iowa City.
		Conroy, who headed the Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa for 18 years, published just five books, a relatively small number for a writer of his reputation.
		Conroy was a personal model as well, a sympathetic but exacting teacher who at Iowa helped shape the early careers of writers including Curtis Sittenfeld, Elizabeth McCracken, Z. Packer, Nathan Englander and Abraham Verghese.
	www.brothersjudd.com /blog/archives/022484.html (235 words)

	Iowa Writers' Workshop Director Frank Conroy Dies
		Author Frank Conroy, director of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop for the past 18 years, died today after a long bout with cancer.
		Conroy, who had announced that he was stepping down as director at the end of this semester, came to the Writers' Workshop in 1987.
		Conroy was born in 1936, graduated from Haverford College in 1958 and became director of the National Endowment for the Arts literature program in 1982.
	www.uiowa.edu /~ournews/2005/april/040605conroy.html (322 words)

	Letters to Frank Conroy from his Students
		Frank is world-class in many capacities: as novelist, memoirist, essayist, critic, teacher, director, musician, and shaper of American literature.
		I have my share of memories of Frank as a teacher, but his role as director of the program had, in a less immediately visible way, at least as great an impact on me. What I appreciated most about Frank as director was that for the most part he left me alone.
		She said, "Oh, I'll bring you in to meet Frank in a minute." Of course, within a minute, she had forgotten, and I never met the man. At the time, I was relieved because I was so terrified, but now, it's sort of heartbraking.
	www.eyeshot.net /frankconroy1.html (4797 words)

	Germantown Academy: Frank Conroy Guest Speaker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Conroy shared his thoughts on writing styles and motivations in both a formal presentation to the high school students and several smaller discussion groups.
		Conroy's day at GA was funded by a grant from the Distinguished Authors Series sponsored by Germantown Academy's Parents' Association.
		Frank Conroy (center), author of Stop-Time, Mid-Air, and Body and Soul, shares one of his many insights into writing styles and motivations with Germantown Academy Upper School students.
	www.ga.k12.pa.us /Development/PressRelease/98-99/Conroy.htm (231 words)

	ABC News: Longtime Iowa Workshop Head Conroy Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Frank Conroy, Memoirist and Former Director of Iowa Writers' Workshop, Dies at 69
		Conroy, an acclaimed novelist and longtime director of the workshop, died Wednesday, April 6, 2005.
		IOWA CITY, Iowa Apr 6, 2005 —; Frank Conroy, the memoirist and longtime director of the celebrated University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop, died Wednesday.
	abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=647495&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (381 words)

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		Conroy recalled to me his own childhood poverty and hunger, shook his head, and set off down the aisles of the fancy grocery store, sampling olives from salty bins with his fingers.
		Conroy made a beeline for the acrostic puzzle, and it was clear all talk of writing was finished for the day.
		About this dog, Conroy has written that she “seems remarkably intelligent, comports herself with dignity and can read minds (at least the minds, on occasion, of myself and my wife).” Gracie’s quiet panting and deep rumbling snores formed a constant backdrop to conversation.
	www.narrativemagazine.com /105/conroy.htm (9354 words)

	ABC News: Author Frank Conroy Dies at Age 69 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Frank Conroy, Author and Former Director of Iowa Writers' Workshop, Dead at Age 69
		Conroy died Wednesday at his home in Iowa City of colon cancer, said James Alan McPherson, acting co-director of the workshop.
		Conroy made a memorable literary debut with "Stop-Time," which described his growing up in homes that included a Florida shack, a snowy cabin and a tiny Manhattan apartment.
	abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=648610 (394 words)

	MTV.com - Movies - Frank Conroy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The embodiment of corporate dignity, British actor Frank Conroy nonetheless gave the impression of being a long-trusted executive who was about to abscond with the company funds.
		Conroy made his first film, Royal Family of Broadway, in 1930; uncharacteristically, he plays the ardent suitor of the leading lady (Ina Claire), and very nearly wins the lady before she decides that her stage career comes first.
		Frank Conroy remained a top character player until his retirement in 1960, usually honored with "guest star" billing on the many TV anthologies of the era.
	www.mtv.com /movies/person/75561/bio.jhtml (253 words)

	OpinionJournal - Leisure & Arts
		Frank told a lovely story that night about driving the poet Robert Lowell, a mentor and friend, to the hospital after one of his all too frequent breakdowns.
		As I remember it, Lowell handed Frank the keys to his cherished sports car, explaining that he was too sick to navigate the road.
		As they drove off, Frank commented that the car--alas, the make and model have escaped me--handled wonderfully and was a joy to drive.
	www.opinionjournal.com /la?id=110006703 (962 words)

	Eye - BOOKS: Frank Conroy - 11.25.93 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Conroy modestly describes himself as "OK" -- good enough to make a living in jazz clubs when need be, but no prodigy like Claude.
		But Conroy is a great writer, as his audience is now being reminded two-and-a-half decades after Stop-Time made his reputation among American literati.
		Conroy is extremely happy with the response by readers and critics -- it's already sold 64,000 copies in hardback and been featured in all the lit-sensitive periodicals.
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_11.25.93/ARTS/bo1125.htm (850 words)

	anti:freeze by karrie higgins: (Iowa City) - (Frank) = ( )
		As a young, undergraduate writer at the University of Iowa, I skittered away from Frank Conroy in the hallway.
		Frank was like the Sears Tower of Iowa City.
		In my mind, I always equated the place with the man: Iowa City was Frank Conroy; Frank Conroy was Iowa City.
	www.littlemotors.org /antifreeze/archives/2005/04/iowa_city_frank.html (254 words)

	Writer Frank Conroy dead - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		IOWA CITY, IA, Apr. 7 (UPI) -- Frank Conroy, a writer and longtime head of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, has died at 69 of colon cancer.
		Conroy supported himself, his wives and children between books by working as a scallop fisherman in Nantucket, playing jazz piano and writing about jazz.
		Conroy's most recent book, "Time and Tide: A Walk Through Nantucket," was published in 2004.
	www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20050408-121732-6944r.htm (191 words)

	Haverford College
		Conroy, a Haverford grad and Director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, a literary lab which he helped make as famous as Elia Kazan's and Lee Strasberg's Actors' Studio in New York, died April 6 of colon cancer: "He loved young people," says his second wife, Maggie Conroy.
		The great criticism of him, voiced off-record by even one of his ex-colleagues in Iowa, was that Frank never delivered on his youthful promise: "After Stop-Time — which everyone agreed was wonderful — he became something of a marginal figure in American letters, despite his great contributions at the Workshop," the former acquaintance says.
		Conroy, like Giuseppe di Lampedusa (The Leopard)— or, it could be argued more dangerously, J. Salinger — was an "amateur" in the highest sense...like James Agee and Celine, he seemed compelled to tell a natural truth, rather than evolve plots, characters, and tend his own professional garden.
	www.haverford.edu /newsletter/april05/conroy.htm (851 words)

	Powell's Books - Stop-Time: A Memoir by Frank Conroy
		Here is Frank Conroy's wry, sad, beautiful tale of life on the road; of odd jobs and lost friendships, brutal schools and first loves; of a father's early death and a son's exhilarating escape into manhood.
		Conroy has that subtle sense of the proportion of things which one usually finds only in established writers just after the mellowing of their career."
		Conroy's classic memoir of his boyhood: his brutal experimental boarding school; a sojourn in the mental institution where his mother was a warden; his neurotic father's abandonment, mad mistress, and eventual death; and Frank's final escape into relative normalcy.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=1-0140044469-0 (233 words)

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