Russell Eldridge MacCleery Sr.

Background

Sr., Russell Eldridge MacCleery was born on January 10, 1913 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Watson Aubrey and Ethel Eldridge (Smith) MacC.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Massachusetts, 1934.

Career

Vocational agricultural instructor, various high schools, Massachusetts, Vermont, 1934-1936; New England representative, National Highway Users Conference, 1936-1945; manager state services, National Highway Users Conference, Washington, 1945-1959; executive director, N.H. Petroleum Council, Concord, 1959-1966; manager field services department, Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association, Detroit, 1966-1967; senior vice president, Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association, Detroit and Washington, 1967-1978; consultant in government affairs, N.H., District of Columbia, since 1978.

Politics

The diversity of religious expressions is guaranteed by the separation of church and state. However, church and state should interact in different social and political fields for the benefit of the whole society.

Views

The very idea that one gender is superior to another should be rejected as well as the erroneous notion that members of one gender may receive love, power, and esteem only at the expense of another.

Membership

Member Chichester (N.H.) School Board, 1960-1966, Board of Selectmen, Chichester, 1982-1985, N.H. Traffic Safety Comm., Concord, since 1963. President Merrimack County Farm Bureau, Chichester, 1963-1965. Vice president N.H. Farm Bureau, Concord, 1965-1966.

Member Engineers Society Detroit.

Interests

• Avocations: farming, photography, sailing, gardening.

Connections

Married Georgie Lee Dawson, February 19, 1953 (divorced March 1990). Children: Russell Junior, Stephen.

Father:

Watson Aubrey MacC.

Mother:

Ethel Eldridge (Smith) MacC.

Spouse:

Georgie Lee Dawson

child:

Russell Junior Sr.

child:

Stephen Sr.