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Dan May (1898–1982) was a Nashville, Tennessee business, educational and civic leader. He became chairman of the May Hosiery Mills in Nashville after the death of his father, Jacob May (1861-1946), who founded the company. Dan May was an active member and trustee of many civic and educational organizations in the Nashville area. These roles include the following:

• An alumnus and long-time member of the board of trustees of Vanderbilt University.
• A member of the War Production Board During World War II.
• A longtime member of the Nashville Board of Education and its chairman for three years.
• A magistrate of Davidson County TN.
• Chairman of the school committee of the Davidson County Court which governs the working of the county school system.
• A long-time member of the Board of Trust of Fisk University.
• A member of the Nashville Rotary Club and at one time its president, the first time a Jew had been elected to this office.
• An advocate for the consolidation of Nashville City and Davidson County governments and subsequently a member of the resultant united governing body, the Metropolitan Council.
• In Nashville’s Jewish community he was president of the Jewish Community Center and of the Community Council, and served as general chairman of the Welfare Fund on two occasions.