Max W. Clowers

Portrait photograph of Max W. Clowers.Max Clowers started his lifelong relationship as a member of the Hi-Y Club at the Springfield (Ill.) YMCA. In 1926, he became the associate Boys’ Work secretary of the Rock Island (Ill.) YMCA. During WWII, he served in the Navy YMCA in Norfolk, Virginia, which provided USO programs to half a million servicemen. In 1944, he joined the YMCA field staff at the North Central Area Council in Milwaukee, with responsibility for the development of Youth and Government, Hi-Y, and other youth programs. In 1968, he was appointed executive director of the North Central Area Council during a period of organizational transition. He successfully repositioned the Council into the Mid-American region. He was editor and writer of the newsletter On Board; editor of the Boys' Work Journal; and contributor to Perspective, the professional journal of the Association of YMCA Professionals (AYP). Clowers retired in 1974, but stayed active in the YMCA and in his writing