Background
Starr, Melvin Lee was born on March 17, 1922 in New York City. Son of Herman and Martha (Aberman) Starr.
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Melvin Lee Starr
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Education
Bachelor of Business Administration, University Miami, 1947. Master of Arts, University Arizona, 1950. Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1953.
Postgraduate, University Denver, 1956. Postgraduate, Arizona State University, 1957. Doctor of Education, Western Colorado University, 1974.
Career
Faculty administration Tucson Public Schools, since 1950. Teacher Doolen Junior High School, 1951—1953, counselor, 1953—1962. Assistant principal Alice Vail Junior High School, 1962—1964, Catalina High School, 1964—1968.
Principal Rincon High School, 1968—1971, Tucson High School, 1971—1974. Assistant superintendent Tucson Public Schools, 1974—1978, associate superintendent, 1978—1982. Private practice family counseling.
President Chief Executive Officer Psychological Engineering Business and Industry, Tucson, since 1984.
Achievements
Membership
Member Tucson Mayor's Committee Human Relations, since 1969. Board directors Mobile Meals Tucson, Pima County Board Health, Southern Arix. Girl Scouts United States Council.
Advisory board member Tucson Free Medical Clinic. Board directors Los Ninos Crisis Center, since 1955, Girl Scouts America, Pacific Western Region Anti Defamation League. Member Democratic Center Committee, Pima City, Arizona, since 1968.
Member Arizona state committee Anti Defamation League, 1971. Board directors National Conference of Christians and Jews. Arizona state advisory board Good Shepherd School for Girls, 1971.
Chairman Tucson Community Center Commission. Board directors Amigos de los Americanos, AnyTown, Arizona, Lighthouse Young Men’s Christian Association, Beacon Foundation, Big Brothers, Junior Achievement, Tucson Community Center, Handmaker Nursing Home Pima County, United Way, CODAC, Planned Parenthood, Arizona Mobile Meals, Epilepsy Society Southern Arizona, Drug Abuse and Alcohol Consortium. Member of National Education Association, Phi Delta Kappa, Arizona School Administrators, Association Supervision and Curriculum Development, American Association School Administrators, National Association Secondary School Principals, Arizona Personnel and Guidance Association, Arizona Interscholastic Association (president conference member 1971), Arizona Association Student Teaching (state treasurer), Phi Epislon Pi.
Connections
Married Eileen Ferne Kagan, September 7, 1947. Children: Marianne, Lisa Caren.
