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Home Town Boone, Iowa
Date of Passing Dec 06, 1965
Location of Interment U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM) - Annapolis, Maryland
LCdr Max Edward Corrick, USN 11th USNA Bandmaster, Leader of the U.S. Navy Band, died on active duty
In April 1955 Max Corrick became the 11th Leader of the band. Born in Boone, Iowa in 1919, he enlisted in the Navy in 1939 and served as a cornet instrumentalist and then assistant leader in the Pacific area until 1943. He also served as Leader of a Navy Unit Band and as an instructor at the U.S. Naval School of Music and was appointed Warrant Officer in 1951. Mr. Corrick was transferred to the U.S. Naval Academy Band in 1954 and after his appointment as Leader, was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in October 1957.
Mr. Corrick died in December of 1965 while serving as Leader of the band, and is buried in the Naval Academy Cemetery. He was 46. Upon Bandmaster Corrick's death in 1965, the policy governing assignment of band officers to the Naval Academy Band was changed. Officers would no longer be assigned on a permanent duty, non-rotational status. It was felt that the influence of "Fleet Leadership" would be beneficial to the organization. Since 1966, leadership of the band has been determined by the Bureau of Naval Personnel.
In the first 113 years of the (USNA) band, only 11 different men were assigned as leaders. It took only 27 years to get 11 more.
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Membership included: THE AMERICAN BANDMASTERS ASSOCIATION
LCDR MAX EDWARD CORRICK, USN
Director, U.S. Naval Academy Band, Annapolis, Maryland
Elected ABA 1958; Resigned 1962.
Mr. Corrick was a member of the Executive Department at theUnited States Naval Academy as the USNA Band Leader.
December 6, 1965. The Mason City Globe-Gazette from Mason City, Iowa (AP) -- Lt. Comdr. Max E. Corrick, 46, Leader of the U.S. Navy band at he U.S. Naval Academy, died at his home Monday. Corrick became associated with the band in 1954 after nine years as an instructor at the Naval School of Music in Washington. He was named leader of the Naval Academy Band in 1957. A native of Boone, Iowa, he graduated from Boone Junior College and completed both the basic and advanced courses in the Naval School of Music. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and three sons; his mother, Mrs. Inez Corrick of Boone; a sister, Mrs. Walter Bennert of Boone; and four irothers, the Rev. Donald R. Corrick of Des Moines, James Corrick of Washington, B.C., Richard Corrick of Reland Park, Calif., and Dan Corrick of Minneapolis. Services will be here Thursday. Corrick was graduated from Boone High School in 1936 and entered the Navy at the age of 19.
