Eugene Conser, 100; Prominent California Real Estate Executive

Eugene Conser, 100, a prominent real estate executive during the Depression and after World War II, has died.

Conser died Sunday, said his son, Richard.

A native of Minnesota, Conser studied at UCLA and, when the Depression forced huge numbers of property foreclosures, he became managing director of the Real Estate Research Council, designed to help stabilize the markets.

He subsequently headed the Apartment Assn. of Los Angeles County and, after World War II, became executive secretary of the California Real Estate Assn., creating a statewide educational program that resulted in many changes in California real estate law. In 1955, he was named executive vice president of the National Assn. of Real Estate Boards (now the National Assn. of Realtors).

He is the author of “Real Estate European Style: Or, What You Should Know about Real Estate in 32 Countries” (1976).

After retirement, Conser was active in Leisure World in Laguna Hills, Calif., where he and his late wife, Helen, lived.