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Human Resources Employee
Death date 8/13/2005
Andrew Conversano Jr., 76, a retired human
resources professional with the federal government,
died of cancer Aug. 8, at Shady Grove Adventist
Hospital in Gaithersburg. He was a Potomac resident.
Mr. Conversano was born in the District and
dropped out of high school to enlist in the Navy near
the end of World War II. After two years in the Navy, he returned
to McKinley High School, graduating in 1949. He received a
bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1953 and a master's degree in human resources
from George Washington University in the late 1950s.
In 1956, he joined the U.S. Department of Justice, working in personnel. In 1959, he moved to
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, where he was involved with the original
manned spaceflights and for a time was chief of organization and staffing.
In 1975, he moved to the National Science Foundation, where he was a union negotiator for the
government. He retired in 2000.
Mr. Conversano was an avid book collector and owned numerous first editions. A
photographer, he enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and had visited almost every
national park. He loved seeking out good restaurants wherever he traveled; New Orleans was a
favorite destination. He also went on numerous cruises to Alaska, New England and elsewhere.
Mr. Conversano was married to Elinor Conversano from 1955 until they divorced in 1990. They
remarried this year.
In addition to his wife, of Potomac, survivors include a daughter, Cynthia Bailey of Leesburg;
four sons, Andrew Bryant Conversano of Gaithersburg, Richard Anthony Conversano of
Pittsburgh, John Philip Conversano of Potomac and James Thomas Conversano of Silver
Spring; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
Death date 8/13/2005
Andrew Conversano Jr., 76, a retired human
resources professional with the federal government,
died of cancer Aug. 8, at Shady Grove Adventist
Hospital in Gaithersburg. He was a Potomac resident.
Mr. Conversano was born in the District and
dropped out of high school to enlist in the Navy near
the end of World War II. After two years in the Navy, he returned
to McKinley High School, graduating in 1949. He received a
bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1953 and a master's degree in human resources
from George Washington University in the late 1950s.
In 1956, he joined the U.S. Department of Justice, working in personnel. In 1959, he moved to
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, where he was involved with the original
manned spaceflights and for a time was chief of organization and staffing.
In 1975, he moved to the National Science Foundation, where he was a union negotiator for the
government. He retired in 2000.
Mr. Conversano was an avid book collector and owned numerous first editions. A
photographer, he enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and had visited almost every
national park. He loved seeking out good restaurants wherever he traveled; New Orleans was a
favorite destination. He also went on numerous cruises to Alaska, New England and elsewhere.
Mr. Conversano was married to Elinor Conversano from 1955 until they divorced in 1990. They
remarried this year.
In addition to his wife, of Potomac, survivors include a daughter, Cynthia Bailey of Leesburg;
four sons, Andrew Bryant Conversano of Gaithersburg, Richard Anthony Conversano of
Pittsburgh, John Philip Conversano of Potomac and James Thomas Conversano of Silver
Spring; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
