Background
May, Ernest Max was born on July 24, 1913 in Newark. Son of Otto Bernard and Eugenie (Morgenstern) May.
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Ernest Max May
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Education
Bachelor, Princeton, 1934; Master of Arts, Princeton, 1935; Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, University of Chicago, 1938; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Montclair State College, 1989.
Career
With, Otto B. May, Inc., Newark, 1938-1973; successively chemist, general manager, Otto B. May, Inc., 1938-1952; president, Otto B. May, Inc., 1952-1973; trustee Youth Consultation Service, Diocese of Newark, 1952-1959, 61-66, 68-; president, 1971-1975; director, Cone Mills Corporation, 1961-1973; member Executive Committee, Cone Mills Corporation, 1968-1971. Technical adviser to special representative trade negotiations, 1964-1967.
Achievements
Membership
Councilman, Summit, New Jersey, 1963-1970. Member Summit Environmental Committee, 1971-1975, chairman, 1974-1975. President Family Service Association Summit, 1959-1961, Mental Health Association Summit, 1954, Summit Council Churches Christ, 1962-1963.
Member executive committee Christ Hospital, Jersey City, since 1971, vice president, chairman, 1974-1993. Chairman Summit Highway Advisory Committee, 1976-1994. Trustee, organizer Summer Organic Chemistry Institute, Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut.
Member Union County Mental Health Board, 1973-1976. Board directors New Jersey Mental Health Association, 1974-1981. Trustee Montclair (New Jersey) State University, 1975-1985, vice-chairman, 1976-1980, chairman, 1980-1983.
Adviser applied professor psychology Rutgers University, since 1976. Member National commission on Nursing, 1980-1983. Adviser department music Princeton University.
Trustee Association for Children in New Jersey, since 1975, Citizen's Committee on biomedical Ethics in New Jersey, 1984-1995, New Jersey Health Decisions, 1995-1997. Advisor National Executive Services Corps Health Care Consulting Group, since 1994. Member New Jersey Early Early Care and Education Coalition, since 1999, New Jersey Child Care Advisory Council, since 1999.
Fellow American Institute Chemists. Member American Chemical Society, Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (board governors 1952-1954, 63-70, vice president 1966-1968, chairman international commercial relations committee 1968-1973, honorary member), Volunteer Trustees Not-for-Profit Hospitals (trustee 1986-1988, 94-98), Chemists Club (New York ), Beacon Hill Club (Summit, New Jersey), Nassau Club (Princeton), New Jersey Hospital Association (council on education 1990-1991), Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Harriet Elizabeth Dewey, October 12, 1940. Children: Ernest Dewey, James Northrup, Susan Elizabeth.
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Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Republican
Education
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1934
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1935
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1938
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1989