Maxine Isaacs is an American university lecturer and political analyst who served as a member of the press office of Walter Mondale during his tenure in the United States Senate and as deputy press secretary when he was vice president during the Jimmy Carter administration.
22 Facts About Maxine Isaacs
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Maxine Isaacs was later press secretary for Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign.
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Maxine Isaacs is one of three children of Amy Isaacs and Bernard Isaacs of Shaker Heights, Ohio.
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Maxine Isaacs's father was a naval officer who was selected to help train the Golden Thirteen, the first African-American candidates to become US Navy officers.
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Maxine Isaacs was involved in politics and the civil rights movement.
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Maxine Isaacs's father was Jewish and experienced antisemitism while growing up in a mostly Polish-American town in Wisconsin where many people harbored pro-Nazi sentiments.
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Maxine Isaacs graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1965.
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Maxine Isaacs then graduated in 1969 with an AB in American studies from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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In 1971, Maxine Isaacs was hired to be legislative assistant, press secretary, and speechwriter for Representative Louis Stokes, a Democrat from Ohio.
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Maxine Isaacs rejoined Mondale's vice presidential campaign staff in 1976 when Jimmy Carter asked Mondale to serve as his running mate.
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Mondale was elected as vice president in the 1976 presidential election, and Maxine Isaacs became his deputy press secretary in the White House.
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Maxine Isaacs often traveled with the Vice President as he went on diplomatic missions around the world.
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Maxine Isaacs became deputy campaign manager and press secretary for Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign.
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Maxine Isaacs's dissertation was a comparative study of elite and public opinion on foreign policy.
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Maxine Isaacs has taught courses at Harvard, and occasionally at George Washington University and New York University, on the relationship between the media and politics, with a special focus on US presidential campaigns and elections.
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In 2014, Maxine Isaacs was inducted into the hall of fame of Shaker Heights High School.
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Maxine Isaacs served as a board member of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.
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Maxine Isaacs was married for eight years before her divorce in 1977.
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Maxine Isaacs has been interested in theater from a young age.
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Maxine Isaacs co-chaired the theatre's capital campaign to fund its move to a new facility in Shirlington.
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Maxine Isaacs serves as a trustee of the American Associates of the Royal National Theatre.
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Maxine Isaacs formerly served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Folger Shakespeare Library.