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Maximillian Hugo "Max" Starcke (November 11, 1884 - June 29, 1972) was a businessman and then a government official in Texas for 37 years, first as Mayor of Seguin, Texas, from 1928 to 1938 and then as Managing Director of the Lower Colorado River Authority from 1940 to 1955. Born and raised on a farm in the York's Creek area about 12 miles north of Seguin, Max Starcke was the son of Hugo and Ida (Eberhard) Starcke, and the grandson of German immigrants. He attended Seguin public schools, then Texas A & M University and a San Antonio business college. Starcke married Meta Blumberg of Seguin in 1908, and they had two daughters, Lucile and Maxine, before her death in 1938. In 1940 he married Evelyn Quinn of Ackerman, Mississippi, and they had one daughter. ==Businessman and Civic Leader== In 1906 he clerked in the law office of state senator Joseph B. Dibrell of Seguin. Starcke also worked as a real estate developer, then established a funeral home, and helped organize Farmer’s State Bank in Seguin. From 1917 to 1938, Starcke worked as a bank officer, first in Farmer's, then at Seguin State Bank & Trust after it took over the smaller bank. After helping to revive the local Chamber of Commerce, he headed its effort to recruit the Chicago White Sox for two seasons of spring training in Seguin, in 1922 and 1923. He also served as president of the South Texas Chamber of Commerce. He was active in the Texas League of Municipalities (later the Texas Municipal League〔http://www.tml.org/history〕) and served as its president in 1934.〔http://www.tml.org/pastpres〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Max Starcke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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