Max (Leo Max) Connolly
21 Apr 1908 - 26 May 1980
diedArizona, USA
bornMesa, Arizona, USA
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BiographyEditor/publisher.Attended the University of Arizona, and received a B.S. in business administration in 1930. In 1935, he was called to active military service with the Civilian Conservation Corps, first as company officer, and later as camp commander. In 1939, he returned to Arizona and became editor of the Glendale News.
He was editor and business manager of the Southside Progress, 1940-1943. He re-entered the Army in 1943, and served as a 1st Sergeant, in the field artillery in France, Germany, and Austria, as part of General Patton's Third Army. He was awarded the bronze star.
In addition to the news business, he was a producer of books, magazines, newspapers, and other publications. He was publications director for Davis Litho Service in Phoenix, and a printing consultant with Allied Printing Co. Many of the state's high school and college yearbooks were printed under his direction.
President of the Tempe Chamber of Commerce, 1942.
He served on the state's first Legislative Council, and as the first chairman of the Arizona State Parks Board. He was also chairman of the Tempe Parks Board, a member of the Maricopa County Parks Board, and president of the Tempe Public Library. He served as state representative for the Tempe District in the Arizona House of Representatives,1947-1953. Active member of
Tempe's VFW and American Legion posts.
He was state director of the Arizona American Legion, and was elected to a term as national vice president of the American Legion, overseeing its Western region. Jewish Veterans of Foreign Wars made him an honorary member, and he was given a special citation by the Disabled American Veterans of Arizona in 1976. A few days before his death, was elected president of the Tempe Historical Society.
Lived at 212 E 14th Street.
BIO-Connolly
Smith, Tempe; Arizona Crossroads, p. 174
Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe
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