Max Sherman
| Max Ray Sherman | |
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| Texas State Senator from District 31 (Panhandle) | |
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In office 1971–1977 |
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| Preceded by | Grady Hazlewood |
| Succeeded by | Robert Dale Price |
| Texas Senate President Pro Tempore | |
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In office 1974–1974 |
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| Preceded by | O.H. "Ike" Harris |
| Succeeded by | James P. Wallace |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 19, 1935 Viola, Fulton County Arkansas, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Gene Alice Wienbroer (married 1961) |
| Children | Two children |
| Residence | Austin, Travis County, Texas |
| Alma mater | University of Texas Law School |
| Occupation |
Lawyer College president |
| Sherman was voted the "Best Member of the Legislature" by Texas Monthly magazine during his state senate tenure from 1971 to 1977. | |
Max Ray Sherman (born January 19, 1935) is a former member of the Texas State Senate from Amarillo, Texas. He was also president of West Texas A&M University in Canyon, and dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.
Sherman was born in Viola in Fulton County in northern Arkansas, next to the Missouri state line. As an infant, he moved to the now ghost town of Phillips in Hutchinson County in the Texas Panhandle. At Phillips High School, he was the student body and class president. He received a scholarship from Phillips Petroleum Company and served as a monitor in a freshman dormitory to pay his expenses in attending Baylor University in Waco. He also sold Bibles door-to-door during the summers. At Baylor, Sherman was elected student body president and designated the "Most Representative" senior male student. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1957 and then enrolled at the University of Texas Law School in Austin, from which he graduated with honors in 1960. He was elected as a permanent officer of his law school class. After graduation, Sherman enlisted in the United States Army and was thereafter commissioned as a captain in the Judge Advocate General's Corps.
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