William G. Conway
Born	1929
Nationality	United States
Occupation	Zoologist
Known for	President Emeritus of the Wildlife Conservation Society

Dr. William G. Conway (1929- ) is an American zoologist, ornithologist and conservationist. He joined the New York Zoological Society in 1956 as assistant curator of birds. He was later promoted to director of the society, and then became president when the society was reconfigured as the Wildlife Conservation Society. He retired as president in 1999 and retained the title of senior conservationist.^[1]

During his tenure, Conway was responsible for modernizing the animal exhibits at the Bronx Zoo and introducing new attractions, including the World of Darkness in 1969 and the World of Birds in 1974.^[1] Conway was a proponent of the zoological exhibition of animals in a manner that recreated the environment where the species originated from.^[2]

Conway successfully negotiated the society’s acquisition of the Central Park Zoo from the New York City municipal government in 1981, which resulted in an extensive renovation program for the attraction so it could meet modern zoological exhibition requirements.^[3]

Conway has also been in the forefront of promoting captive breeding programs for endangered species. He was responsible for creating the Wildlife Propagation Trust in 1964, in which a network of zoos worked together with the twin goals of preserving at-risk species and eventually reintroducing animals back to the wild.^[4]

Conway was also responsible for leading the development of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association accreditation program. He has authored more than 200 articles and reports relating to wildlife conservation, ornithology, wild animal care propagation and ecological preservation.^[5]

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