From President Weinberg:
We are saddened to share with the community that Life Trustee Joe McMahon, a member of the Denison Class of 1962, has died at the age of 76. Joe served on the Denison Board of Trustees for 28 years, until his election to Life Trustee status in 2000.
Joe began his career as an attorney and public policy advocate in 1962, when he interned for the Civil Rights Division in the U.S. Department of Justice. Following graduation from law school, he worked as an assistant to Attorney General Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts; after Brooke’s election as the first elected African American to the United States Senate in 1966, Joe joined the Senator’s staff. He then served as chief of staff to Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Frank Sargent. In 1969, Joe became vice president of the Bedford Stuyvesant D & S Restoration Corporation, founded by Senator Robert Kennedy as the nation’s first community economic development corporation. In 1974, Joe joined the corporate world as a director of Washington relations for Westinghouse Electric and then in 1978 as vice president of corporate affairs for Federated Department Stores in Cincinnati.
He was appointed by President Gerald Ford as a member of the National Council of Economic Opportunity; and, in the 1980 presidential election, Joe served as director of national business for the Reagan-Bush Election Committee. He worked toward progress on cutting-edge issues such as alternative energy, organic agriculture development, microenterprise development and full respect and equality for the LGBT community.
Arrangements are incomplete at this time. We will share more information as it becomes available.