Tom Conger

Tom received a B.S. in geography from the University of Georgia and a MA in the subject from the University of Cincinnati. While in Cincinnati, Tom also received a master’s in city planning. Putting his education to use, Tom worked as a city planner for 12 years and then ran a small life insurance company for 20 years.  Yet, despite this change in profession Tom, maintained his interest and activities in city planning by being involved in zoning and related activities wherever he lived.  

Tom and his wife Lois then moved to Flagstaff, AZ where he received a teaching certificate for middle and high school. This led to his teaching Earth Science (=physical geography) on the local Navajo Indian reservation and then various geography courses at Northern Arizona University. Tom likes to mention that while he was living out west he visited every mountain range in Nevada and Arizona, and he became particularly fascinated with how the mountains played roles in Native American culture. Tom and Lois moved to Leisure World in 2011 so that they could be close to daughter Paula, son-in-law James and grandsons Julian and Miles.