Background
May, Stephen was born on July 30, 1931 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Arthur J. and Hilda (Jones) May.
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May, Stephen was born on July 30, 1931 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Arthur J. and Hilda (Jones) May.
Born in Rochester, New York, on July 30, 1931, May attended Wesleyan University and Georgetown University, obtaining a law degree from the latter.
Executive assistant to Republican and Senator Kenneth B. Keating, 1955-1964. Associate, member, then partner Branch, Turner & Wise, Rochester, 1965-1981. City councilman-at-large, 1966-1973.
Mayor, 1970-1973; chairman and commissioner New York State Board Elections, Albany, 1975-1979. Assistant secretary for legislation and Congressional relations Department Housing and Urban Development, 1981-1988. Independent historian, writer, lecturer for magazines and newspapers, since 1988.
Vice chairman Temporary State Commission on Powers of Local Government, 1970-1973. Member 20th Century Fund Task Force on Future of New York City, 1979, National Advisory Commission Higher Education for Police Officers, 1977-1979, Joint Committee Association Bar City New York and Drug Abuse Council on New York Drug Law Evaluation, 1977-1978. Chairman Rochester Interfaith Committee on Israel, 1973-1981.
Delegate-at-large Republican National Convention, 1972. Member New York State Crime Control Planning Board, 1970-1973. Historian, writer and lecturer on art, culture, historic preservation and travels, 1988^.
May was a member of the Rochester City Council between 1966 and 1973 and appointed 62nd Mayor of Rochester by his City Council peers in 1970 until he stepped down after the 1973 election returned a Democratic majority to office. In 1978, he also served as a member of the Republican State Platform Committee. May's other political services have included standing as vice president of the New York State Conference of Mayors, as chairman of the Committee on Housing, and as a member of the White House Conference on Aging.