Those who know Bob Conway Sr. are not surprised to learn that this man, who has been at the helm of several successful businesses, could have once been found driving a bus full of Friars Club kids to camp in Michigan. Having spent many hours as a teenager and young adult running around the athletic club, playing basketball and teaching swimming, Bob Conway knows the value of Friars Club's influence on young people’s lives, and has supported Friars Club throughout his career.

Mr. Conway went from driving the Friars Club bus to running several major corporations, including Jung Products, Jung Corporation, Conway Industries and the Bistro Group, during his career. During that time, he and his wife raised their eight children. In addition, Mr. Conway acted as a community leader on many area boards, in particular those dedicated to education and health. He lent his many talents to the Friars Club Board for 15 years, earning the Friars Award in thanks for his service to Friars Club and the community.

If you ask Mr. Conway what he is most proud of regarding his association with Friars Club, he quickly states it is the pivotal role he played in shepherding the club from serving only men and boys to being a co-educational facility. He says, “It became apparent that Friars needed to serve the entire community. If Friars wanted to remain the community asset that it had been, we needed to expand our base – and serving girls and women was the right place to do that.” Mr. Conway’s vision proved true, as Friars Club now embraces boys and girls, men and women as participants in the Ron Walker Youth Sports Program and as members of the Athletic Club.