Tuesday, May 9th, 2006...9:35 am
Cliff May
Long time fixture at Pima County Democratic Headquarters Cliff May has died. May was the friendly older man who would answer your calls or greet you with a smile when you would come in.
May was born in Branson, Missouri. One of the early incidents that shaped his political views was when he saw an African American family get arrested just for picnicking in one of Branson’s public parks.
May went on to college at Kansas City University (now the University of Missouri at Kansas City), and joined the United States Army, or “General Patton’s Army” as he called it. He was in the infantry and fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
When he returned home after the war, he became a teacher and school administrator in Oak Park, Michigan. He was proud of many of his students, who included renouned global poverty expert Dr. Jeffrey D. Sachs. His students also included Geoffrey Fieger, attorney, frequent talk show guest and one-time candidate for governor of Michigan, and Feiger’s brother Doug, lead singer of the Knack. The Feiger brothers were also “beneficiaries” of one of the innovations that May brought to Oak Park schools: in-house suspension.
He retired to Tucson, and two of his daughters teach in our public schools here.
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May 10th, 2006 at 9:53 am
Any word on a funeral?