Editing Tim Conway (section)

== Early life and education ==
Conway was born Thomas Daniel Conway{{ref|1|1}} on December 15, 1933, in [[Willoughby, Ohio]], a suburb of [[Cleveland]], and grew up in nearby [[Chagrin Falls, Ohio|Chagrin Falls]], the son of Daniel and Sophia (née Murgoiu) Conway. Daniel was a groomer for [[Polo pony|polo ponies]].<ref name=Lednicer/><ref name=nyt1/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5jr9L--C4tMC&q=%22Tim+Conway+is+one+of+those%22&pg=PA108|title=The Great Clowns of American Television|first=Karin|last=Adir|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|location=New York City|year=1988|edition=1st|isbn=978-0899503004}}</ref>{{sfn|Conway|Scovell|2013|}} His father, who emigrated to the United States in 1927,<ref>''Ohio, Naturalization Petition and Record Books, 1888–1946''</ref> was born in Ireland to Scottish parents, and his mother was a first-generation [[Romanian-American]].<ref name=Lednicer/>

Conway's legal name was Thomas, though he was also referred to as Toma, the Romanian language analog,{{ref|1|1}} and was typically known as Tom; he changed his stage name to Tim near the beginning of his acting career (quipping he "[[Dot (diacritic)|dotted the O]]") to avoid confusion with British actor [[Tom Conway]].<ref name=nyt1/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tim Conway says today's TV depresses him in new memoir|first=Nicki |last= Gostin |work=[[Fox News]]|date=November 4, 2013|access-date=October 21, 2014 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/whats-so-funny-tim-conway-says-todays-tv-depresses-him-in-new-memoir}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://bostonist.com/2011/04/08/bostonist_interview_tim_conway.php |title=Interview Tim Conway – To Appear at the Wilbur on Sunday |date=April 8, 2011 |access-date=May 21, 2011 |publisher=bostonist.com |first=Thomas Attila |last=Lewis |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409142443/http://bostonist.com/2011/04/08/bostonist_interview_tim_conway.php |archive-date=April 9, 2011 }}</ref>

Conway attended [[Bowling Green State University]] in [[Bowling Green, Ohio]], where he majored in television and radio and was a disc jockey,<ref name="Biography" /> and he was a member of the [[Phi Delta Theta]] fraternity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://our.hanover.edu/phi-delta-theta|title=PHI DELTA THETA AFFINITY GROUP|work=[[Hanover College]]|location=[[Hanover, Indiana]]|access-date=March 27, 2019}}</ref> When he graduated, Conway enlisted in the [[United States Army]], where he served between 1956 and 1958.<ref name="Biography" /><ref name="King">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-tim-conway-20131112-story.html|title=Tim Conway's life off script|first=Susan|last=King|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 11, 2013|access-date=March 27, 2019}}</ref>