Background
Rowe, Max L. was born on August 14, 1921 in Dallas City, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel Guy and Nellie (Moyes) Rowe.
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Rowe, Max L. was born on August 14, 1921 in Dallas City, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel Guy and Nellie (Moyes) Rowe.
Student, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, 1939-1940; Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Illinois, 1943; Juris Doctor, University of Illinois, 1946; Master of Business Administration, University of Chicago, 1952.
Private practice in, Aurora and Urbana, 1947. Assistant to secretary, assistant treasurer Elgin National Watch Company, 1948-1950. General attorney, assistant to president-treasurer Rival Packing Company, 1950-1951.
General counsel, assistant secretary-treasurer Victor Manufacturing & Gasket Company, Chicago, 1951-1954. Secretary Mead Johnson & Company, Evansville, Indiana, 1954-1955. Associate counsel Caterpillar Tractor Company, 1955-1962.
Associate general counsel, secretary, assistant treasurer Thomas J. Lipton, Inc. and subsidiary, 1962-1968. Vice president, treasurer Seeburg Corporation, Chicago, 1968-1969. Vice president finance, law and administration Nightingale Conant Corporation, 1970-1971.
Private legal practice, also management and political consultant, since 1968. Vice president law, secretary Ward Foods, Inc., Wilmette, Illinois, 1972-1976. Member firm Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, 1978-1987.
President, Chief Executive Officer Rowe Enterprises, since 1987. Attorney Illinois Department Professional Regulation, Chicago and Springfield, 1987-1992. Administrative law judge State of Illinois, since 1993.
Director Ward-Johnston, Inc., Ward International, Inc., Superior Potato Chips, Inc., Quinlan Pretzel Company, Honiron-Philippines, Inc. Instructor extension division University Illinois, 1960-1961, evening division Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1966-1968. Leader American Management Association, other corporation seminars, 1966-1987.
Treasurer Peoria County (Illinois) Republican Central Committee, 1958-1962, Republican precinct committeeman, Peoria County, 1958-1962, Bergen County, New Jersey, 1966-1968, delegate, Republican National Convention, 1980. Elder Presbyterian Church, since 1975. Member President Carter's national advisory council Small Business Administration, 1976-1978.
Chairman, member advisory board Illinois Department Personnel, 1979-1982. Member Illinois Compensation Review Board, 1984-1987. Member President Reagan's National Commission for Employment Policy, 1984-1988.
Member University Illinois Foundation and President's Council, since 1979, board visitors College of Law, since 1993. Director, member executive committee, chairman Outreach and Development, World Heritage Museum, 1992-1998. Director, Spurlock Museum of World Culture, since 1998.
Member board directors Oak Ridge Cemetary, since 1994. Served to Second lieutenant Army of the United States, 1943-1945, newspaper columnist, since 1994, producer, writer, host of closed circuit television programs, since 1998. Member American Management Association, Conference Board, American, Ill, Chicago, Sangamon County bar associations, American Society Corporation Secretaries, Phi Gamma Delta.
Clubs: Union League (Chicago), Executives (Chicago).
Married Maxine Marilyn Gladson, May 23, 1944. Children: Melody Ann (Mistress Gunn), Susan Elaine, Joyce Lynn, Andrew Blair.