Max Schumacher '54
Robert Todd Duncan Alumni Achievement Award, 2003
Max Schumacher is the chairman of the board and president of the
Indianapolis Indians Baseball Club. He began his career in
professional baseball as ticket manager of the Indians in 1957. He
worked through the ranks to be named chairman of the board in
1997.
Max grew up in Indianapolis, graduating from Shortridge High
School in 1950 and Butler University in 1954 with a degree in
journalism. He was captain of the Shortridge baseball team and a
four-year member of the Butler varsity baseball team. He also
served as the editor of Butler's Collegian newspaper.
On active duty with the U.S. Army from Dec. 2, 1954 to Nov. 30,
1956, Max was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. and Fort
Sheridan, Ill.
Indianapolis has been nurtured under Max's leadership: he is a
past president of the Indianapolis Downtown Kiwanis Club as well as
the Boys and Girls Clubs of Indianapolis. He belongs to the
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce board of directors. Max was named
a Sagamore of the Wabash by Gov. Otis R. Bowen in 1980 and has also
been designated a member of the Honorable Order of Kentucky
Colonels.
Following the successful completion of Victory Field in downtown
Indianapolis in 1996, Max was voted the American Association
Executive of the Year. Professional baseball crowned him as its
King of Baseball in 1997 for "long-time dedication and service to
the game." The Indianapolis Indians have operated profitably for
consecutive years and have rewarded their shareholders with
dividends and stock re-purchase offers since 1988.
Max and his wife, Judith, have four children: Bruce (director of
corporate development for the Indians), Brian, Mark (director of
merchandising for the Indians) and Karen.
Updated 2003