Max Cleland

A Senator from Georgia. Born in Atlanta, Ga. , August 24, 1942. Grew up in Lithonia and graduated from Lithonia High School 1960. Graduated from Stetson University, DeLand, Fla. 1964. Received a Master's degree from Emory University 1968. Served in the U. S. Army, attaining the rank of captain 1965-1968. Wounded in combat in Vietnam. Member of the Georgia state senate 1971-1975. Unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor 1974. Consultant to Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs 1975, professional Senate staff member 1975-1977. Appointed administrator of United States Veterans Administration by President Jimmy Carter in 1977, and served until 1981. Georgia Secretary of State 1982-1996. Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1996, and served from January 3, 1997 to January 3, 2003. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 2002. Was a resident of Atlanta, Ga. , until his death on November 9, 2021. Interment in Georgia National Cemetery, Canton, Ga.