Max W. Noah

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Max Wilbur Noah (February 19, 1932 – June 15, 2018) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. He served as Comptroller of the United States Army from 1984 to 1988 and Commander of the United States Army Engineer School from 1980 to 1982.{{Cite web|url=http://www.history.army.mil/books/DAHSUM/1987/ch07.htm|title=Chapter 7: Organization, Management, and Budget - DAHSUM FY 1987|access-date=2014-09-22|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002751/http://www.history.army.mil/books/DAHSUM/1987/ch07.htm|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://files.gmc.cc.ga.us/file_lib/2363292010-2011%20Presidents%20Report%20FINAL.pdf|title=Georgia Military College - A Liberal Arts Junior College|access-date=2014-09-22|archive-date=2016-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305113038/http://files.gmc.cc.ga.us/file_lib/2363292010-2011%20Presidents%20Report%20FINAL.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite book |title=Army Executive Biographies |date=1985 |publisher=Headquarters, Department of the Army |page=79 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zqRPfg2-KCEC&pg=PA79 |language=en |access-date=2022-09-06}}

Noah was born in Greensboro, North Carolina and raised in Georgia. He graduated from the Georgia Military College high school in 1948 and then studied engineering at Georgia Tech for a year before being appointed to the United States Military Academy. Noah graduated from West Point with a B.S. degree in 1953 and was commissioned in the Army Corps of Engineers. He served as a platoon leader with the 74th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division in Korea.{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cNeqibq2y1EC&pg=PA638 |title=Official Register of the Officers and Cadets |chapter=Class of 1953—Register of Graduates |date=1971 |page=638 |publisher=United States Military Academy |access-date=2022-09-06}}{{cite web |url=https://alumni.gmc.edu/ltg-max-noah-hs-1948/ |title=LTG Max Noah (HS 1948) |publisher=Georgia Military College |access-date=2022-09-06}}

In 1958, Noah earned an M.S.E. degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University. He then taught electrical engineering and nuclear physics at West Point until 1962. Noah graduated from the Command and General Staff College in 1965 and the Army War College in 1970.

After retiring from the Army on June 30, 1988, Noah settled in Alexandria, Virginia. He died at Fort Belvoir, Virginia and was buried at the West Point Cemetery on September 27, 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.ausa.org/articles/retired-lt-gen-max-noah-86-army-engineer-died |title=Retired Lt. Gen. Max Noah, 86, Army engineer, died |date=August 3, 2018 |publisher=Association of the United States Army |access-date=2022-09-06}}{{cite web |url=https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/index.html#/search-all/results/1/CgROb2FoEgNNYXgaBldpbGJ1cg--/ |title=Noah, Max Wilbur |website=Army Cemeteries Explorer |publisher=U.S. Army |access-date=2022-09-06}}