Background
McConkey, Max was born on March 14, 1945 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Paul and Ruth Lenora (Moyer) McConkey.
McConkey, Max was born on March 14, 1945 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Paul and Ruth Lenora (Moyer) McConkey.
Bachelor, Pennsylvania State University, 1967. Postgraduate, University Massachusetts, 1976.
Teacher, department chair, William Penn Senior High School, York, Pennsylvania, 1967-1969; cartoonist, Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Indiana Press, Liberation News Svc., 1968-1972; reporter, desk editor, The Gazette & Daily, York, 1968-1969; teacher, department chair, Mount Anthony Union High School, Bennington, Vermont, 1969-1972; reporter, columnist, The Bennington Banner, 1970-1971; director, The Network, Inc., Andover, Massachusetts, 1972-1992; executive director, National Dissemination Association, Tucson, Arizona, since 1981; director Arizona office, WestEd, San Francisco, since 1992. Consultant, public speaker in field.
Delaware Democratic National Convention, 1968. Member American Educational Research Association (chair national outreach committee 1993-1996, member strategic planning task force since 1996).
Married Judith Elizabeth Colvin, March 28, 1965 (divorced 1980). Children: Lisa Christine, Aaron Thoreau. Married Anne Maley, August 29, 1987.