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A 1986 graduate of Ursinus College in Pennsylvania, Conway subsequently studied at the Burke Chemical Laboratories of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. He obtained his Ph.D. from Dartmouth in 1991.{{cite web|url=http://www.madsci.org/hofbios/conway_s.html|title=Mad Scientist Network Hall of Fame - Samual C. Conway|accessdate=2006-08-27}}{{cite web|url=http://unclekage.livejournal.com/profile?mode=full|title=unclekage - User Info|author=Conway, Samuel C.|accessdate=2006-08-27}} His doctoral thesis concerned the attempted generation of indolyne (an aromatic compound related to indole).{{cite document|title=[https://www2.heterocycles.jp/FMPro?-db=journalred.fp5&-format=/w2/JournalDetail.html&-lay=data&-Token.0=&-Token.3=COM-92-6105&-recid=36243&-Script=citation&-find Approaches to the Generation of 2,3-Indolyne]|author=Conway, S.C.; Gribble, G.W.|publisher=Heterocycles vol. 34, No. 11, 1992 pp. 2095-2108}} His work has been published in various scientific journals, including Synthetic Communications,{{cite document|title=[https://www2.heterocycles.jp/FMPro?-db=journalred.fp5&-format=/w2/JournalDetail.html&-lay=data&-Token.0=&-Token.3=COM-89-S79&-recid=44180&-Script=citation&-find Synthesis of 1-(Phenylsulfonyl)Indol-3-yl Trifluoromethanesulfonate]|author=Conway, S.C.; Gribble, G.W.|publisher=Heterocycles vol. 30, No. 1, 1990, pp. 627-633}} Organic Preparations and Procedures International{{cite web|url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Egwgchem/1992.html|title=1992 publications of the Gordon W. Gribble Research Group|accessdate=2006-08-27}} and Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry.{{cite journal|title=Quantification of heterocyclic amine carcinogens in cooked meats using isotope dilution liquid chromatography/atmospheric pressure chemical ionization tandem mass spectrometry|url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/12862|author=Holder, C. Lee;Preece, Steve W.;Conway, Samuel C.;Pu, Yu-Ming;Doerge, Daniel R.|journal=Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry|publisher=Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Vol. 11, No. 15, pp. 1667-1672|date=2006-07-31|volume=11|issue=15|pages=1667–1672|doi=10.1002/(SICI)1097-0231(19971015)11:15<1667::AID-RCM58>3.0.CO;2-N|pmid=9364795}}

After college, Conway took a postdoctoral appointment in Chicago, and subsequently worked as a contractor for the Food and Drug Administration, a researcher for Bionetics, a medicinal chemist for Avid Therapeutics and researcher for Message Pharmaceuticals. He was employed by Cerexagri from May 2001 to June 2007, moving to work as principal chemist for West Pharmaceutical Services. Conway has eleven professional publications and three patents to his name, including one for recyclable packaging material.U.S. Patent No. 5,362,776 - [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsrchnum.htm&Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&r=1&l=50&f=G&d=PALL&s1=5362776.PN.&OS=PN/5362776&RS=PN/5362776 Recyclable cellulosic packaging material]

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Conway became the chairman of Anthrocon in 1999, after his invitation as a guest of honor in 1998.{{cite web|url=http://www.unclekage.com/storyteller.html|title=Uncle Kage - The Storyteller|accessdate=2006-08-27}} Under his leadership, Anthrocon was incorporated and moved to Philadelphia. The convention's attendance grew from 804 to 2,489 over the period 1999 to 2006, necessitating a further move to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Conway is the public face of Anthrocon; he is also responsible for public relations, negotiating hotel contracts, managing the convention's finances, damage control and numerous other activities before, during and after the convention.

Conway has historically dissuaded members of the fandom from responding to the mass media and news media, due in part to sensationalist coverage like the 2001 Vanity Fair article in which he was quoted.{{citation|author=Gurley, George|title=Pleasures of the Fur|publisher=Vanity Fair|date=2001-03-01}} His standard response to the media has been: "Anthrocon is a private event held on private property. Its membership is not interested in being the subject of your documentary."{{cite newsgroup|title=Tabloid shows, Confurence, and lay off of Darrell already|author=Conway, Samuel C.|date=2003-04-29|newsgroup=alt.fan.furry.bleachers|id=ro1savk9kum9no9s85fg1j883o2lv6r7td@4ax.com|url=http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry.bleachers/msg/ed39e8463b537095|accessdate=2006-08-27}}

Conway revised his policies slightly with Anthrocon's move to Pittsburgh in 2006. While no television program, magazine or "tabloid" representatives were present, several newspapers were invited to attend, and did, including the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,{{cite news|url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_458482.html|title=It's a furry weekend|author=Kurutz, Daveen Rae|publisher=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review|date=2006-06-17|accessdate=2006-08-27}} the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06169/699273-51.stm|title=All about 'furry fandom' at confab|author=Belser, Ann|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=2006-06-18|accessdate=2006-08-27}} and the Pittsburgh City Paper, which printed both a preview and an extensive review.{{cite news|url=http://www.cparchives.com/archive.cfm?type=News%20Briefs&action=getComplete&ref=5649|title=Fur Ball In the Works|author=Meinzer, Melissa|publisher=Pittsburgh City Paper|date=2006-02-02|accessdate=2006-11-25}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cparchives.com/archive.cfm?type=Main%20Feature&action=getComplete&ref=6353|title=Animal Passions|author=Meinzer, Melissa|publisher=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review|date=2006-06-29|accessdate=2006-11-25}} When local television station KDKA-TV showed up, Conway gave a short television interview outside the convention hotel.[http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_167193226.html Furries Descend On Pittsburgh], KDKA (June 16, 2006), accessed on 2006-08-27 In November 2006 he gave a radio interview to Dublin 98FM.{{cite web|url=http://giza.livejournal.com/363229.html|title=Radio Interview about Furry Fandom on Dublin 98 FM|author=Muth, Douglas|date=2006-11-08|accessdate=2006-12-04}}

Conway styles himself as "Furrydom's Storyteller", and makes an annual appearance on the stage of Anthrocon in what has come to be known as Uncle Kage's Story Hour. The entertainment typically consists of four or five extended personal anecdotes of a humorous nature. His stage name was the result of his first storytelling experience at ConFurence in 1994, and is a derivative of his fandom name Kagemushi Goro (Shadow Bug Goro) - a reference to Kagemusha.

Conway is regularly invited to tell his stories as a guest of honor at other conventions, both within and without the furry fandom, including I-CON,{{cite web|url=http://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon22/anthro.htm|title=I-CON 22 - Anthropomorphics|accessdate=2006-08-27}}{{cite web|url=http://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon24/anthro_conway.php|title=I-CON 24 Guests - Dr. Samuel Conway|author=ICON Science Fiction|accessdate=2006-08-26}} Eurofurence,{{cite web|url=http://www.eurofurence.org/EF8/home.html|title=Eurofurence 8|date=2002-06-22|accessdate=2006-08-27}}{{cite web|url=http://www.unclekage.com/ef8/index.html|title=Uncle Kage - How was Eurofurence 8?|accessdate=2006-08-27}} ConClave,{{cite web|url=http://www.scifiinc.net/scifiinc/gallery/list/cons/duckon.htm|title=Duckon Reference for Fan Gallery|accessdate=2006-08-27}} and Camp Feral!.{{cite web|url=http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/Feral!|title=Feral! - WikiFur|accessdate=2006-08-27}} Gross sales from recordings of his Story Hours were over US$2600 in 2004; no profit was realized, as the intention was to increase membership and awareness of Anthrocon.{{cite document|title=Anthrocon, Inc. - IRS Form 990 - Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax|date=2004-05-15|author=Conway, Samuel C.}}{{cite web|url=http://www.unclekage.com/videos.html|title=Uncle Kage's videos|author=Conway, Samuel C.|accessdate=2007-08-28}}

Conway's first auction was at Albany Anthrocon 1997.{{cite web|url=http://www.unclekage.com/auction.html|title=Uncle Kage: The Auctioneer|author=Conway, Samuel C.|accessdate=2006-08-27}} Since then, he has presided over auctions which have raised over US$66,000 for a variety of local wildlife charities at Anthrocon alone.{{cite web|url=http://www.anthrocon.org/charity|title=Anthrocon Charity Auction FAQ|version=9.0|accessdate=2006-08-27}} He has performed similar services at other fan conventions, including Midwest FurFest.{{cite web|url=http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/Midwest_FurFest|title=Midwest FurFest - WikiFur|accessdate=2006-08-27}} Conway says his techniques — which are influenced by Phil Foglio and Joe Mayhew and often include humour and appeals to pity, novelty or scarcity — have been declared "unprofessional" by some other auctioneers{{Who|date=September 2007}}; but they achieve results, including the sale of the "last brick" from a previous year's demolished hotel for US$200 in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.anthrocon.org/history-charity-2006|title=Anthrocon 2006 Charity Report|accessdate=2006-08-27}}

While Conway is best known for his spoken word, he is also a published author of several short stories.

Conway's works include:

• "Tweaked in the Head", in Flights of Fantasy (December 1999){{cite book|url=http://www.mercedeslackey.com/books/flights.shtml|title=Flights of Fantasy|editor=Lackey, Mercedes & Greenberg, Martin H. (ed.)|publisher=Daw Book Collectors|date=1999-12-01|isbn=0-88677-863-8}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsite.com/03a/ff76.htm|title=The S.F. Site: Flights of Fantasy, a review.|author=Dobbs, George T.|dateyear=2000|accessdate=2006-08-27}}
• :Conway was invited to write this story due to his interest in birds of prey, particularly the Red-tailed Hawk
• "The Secret of Wollknäul", in HistoriMorphs I (June 2001){{cite book|url=http://www.rabbitvalley.com/item_1356_2419___Historimorphs-Issue-Number-1.html|title=HistoriMorphs I|editor=Fields, Lanny (ed.)|publisher=Sofawolf Press|date=2001-07-01|accessdate=2006-08-27}}
• "Six", in Anthrolations #5 (July 2002){{cite book|url=http://www.sofawolf.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=32|title=Anthrolations #5|publisher=Sofawolf Press|date=2002-07-27|accessdate=2006-08-27}}
• : Nominated for the 2002 Ursa Major Awards as "Best Anthropomorphic Short Story"{{cite web|url=http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2002.htm|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2002 winners|date=2003-04-25|accessdate=2006-08-28}}
• "Dead End", in Breaking the Ice: Stories from New Tibet (January 2004){{cite book|url=http://www.sofawolf.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=44|title=Breaking the Ice (Stories from New Tibet)|editor=Susman, Tim (ed.)|date=2004-01-01|publisher=Sofawolf Press|accessdate=2006-08-27|isbn=0-9712670-0-6}}
• "The Good Bird of Nanking", in HistoriMorphs II (June 2004){{cite book|url=http://www.sofawolf.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=43|title=HistoriMorphs II|publisher=Sofawolf Press|date=2004-06-25|accessdate=2006-08-27}}
• "It Takes A Fox", in HistoriMorphs III (June 2006){{cite web|url=http://www.sofawolf.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=60|title=HistoriMorphs III|publisher=Sofawolf Press|date=2006-05-31|accessdate=2006-08-27}}

• Conway was a long-term volunteer for the American Red Cross Disaster Service, but quit due to his perception of high-level corruption in the organization. He remains the Emergency Management Coordinator for his home town, Malvern, Pennsylvania.
• Conway was once a member of the board of directors for the Great Valley Nature Center
• Conway is an "active and proud" participant in the MAD Scientist Network, a free questions-and-answers resource organized by the medical school of Washington University in St. Louis.{{cite web|url=http://www.madsci.org/cgi-bin/search?query=Samuel+Conway|title=MadSci Search Results for Samuel Conway|accessdate=2006-08-27}}
• In March 1990, Conway became an experimental bone marrow donor for Mark Stevenson, a 4-year-old suffering from Hunter syndrome. The operation - the first of its kind involving an unrelated donor - was a success. Conway became an active volunteer for the National Marrow Donor Program, helping to add over 500 entries to the their donor registry.{{cite news|title=Leighton boy celebrates 5 years after|author=Hardesty, Tom|publisher=The Oskaloosa Herald, Vol. 145, No. 163|date=1995-03-14}}

{{reflist|2}}

• [http://www.unclekage.com/ Furrydom's Storyteller: Uncle Kage]
• [http://www.madsci.org/hofbios/conway_s.html Biography at MSN Hall of Fame]
• [http://unclekage.livejournal.com/ Dr. Samuel Conway's Journal]
• Uncle Kage at WikiFur
• Articles at WikiFur: Uncle Kage's Story Hour, Ursa Major Awards, ConClave