from the State University of New York at Stonybrook in 1998. He served as an officer in the United States Air Force during the Korean War and is a retired Captain of the United States Air Force Reserve. As a philanthropist, Conway and his wife, Elaine have funded the visitors center at the Montauk Point Lighthouse and scholarship funds at Colgate University, the Yale Law School and Pace University. On October 21, 2015, Conway died in Southampton at the age of 85. He received the Gold Medal from The Hundred Year Association of New York in 1986 and the association's annual E. Virgil Conway College Scholarships are awarded to the sons and daughters of New York City employees every year in honor of Conway, who conceived of the scholarship program in 1971. In 1992, he assisted in the formation of the Harlem Youth Development Foundation, a scholarship program for minority youth, which he chaired for many years. He received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 1998 as well as honors and awards from many other charitable and educational institutions. References External links https://web.archive.org/web/20110727114735/http://www.neco.org/awards/recipients/evconway.htmlNeco Award Lawyers from New York City Colgate University alumni New York (state) lawyers Yale Law School alumni 2015 deaths Executives of Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York) People from Montauk, New York 1929 births 20th-century American lawyers East Hampton High School alumni