​Roger Garrett Conant died on November 12, 2011 at the age of 90. 

While in the Army, Conant studied at the Citadel and Johns Hopkins, where he received an Engineering Degree. He then attended Trinity College as a pre-med student and was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. Conant entered the Air Force and was stationed in Hawaii, Wake Island, Japan, and Korea and served as a Preventative Medicine Officer and Occupational Physician. In 1949, he received his medical degree from Georgetown University and began his professional career at St. Francis Hospital, followed by a fellowship in Occupational Medicine at Yale University School of Public Health. He then became the Surgical Director at the Travelers Insurance Company and later the Medical Director of Occupational Health Services at Royal Typewriter. He left Royal to become Senior Attending Physician, and Emergency Room doctor at St. Francis Hospital, where he worked until he retired at the age of 70. 

Conant was a past president of the Hart Association of Greater Hartford and a member of the CT Occupational Association. He was one of the longest and oldest members of the Farmington Country Club, a member of the Old Guard, and a supporter of Conrad Hockey and Trinity Football. 

He was predeceased by his first wife, Doris Fee Conant, and his first son, Paul, and is survived by his second wife, Lola Lawrence Conant; four children, Debra, Nancy, Laurie, and Keith; sons-in-law, Mark Fucci and Bart Holl; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.