Editing Max Baucus (section)

==Early life and education==
Maxwell Sieben Enke was born on December 11, 1941, in [[Helena, Montana]], to historian and rancher [[Jean Baucus|Jean Sheriff]] (1917–2011) and Stephen Enke (1916–1974), a demographer and economist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/28/archives/dr-stephen-enke-demographer-dies.html|title=Dr. Stephen Enke, Demographer, Dies|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 28, 1974|access-date=March 3, 2022}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://mtstandard.com/timeline-of-retiring-d-sen-max-baucus/article_9fad48c0-912e-11e3-b130-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Timeline of retiring D-Sen. Max Baucus|website=Montana Standard|date=9 February 2014 |language=en|access-date=2019-10-18}}</ref> His father, born in [[British Columbia]], Canada, was of German and Scottish descent, and his mother had English and German ancestry. Baucus lived in Los Angeles, California, until he was two, when his mother left his father and returned to Helena.<ref>[https://casetext.com/case/application-of-enke "In re on Behalf of Enke,"] Supreme Court of Montana, July 20, 1955.</ref><ref>Jennifer McKee (September 29, 2008). [https://helenair.com/news/state-regional/baucus-raised-for-ranch-life-but-took-different-road/article_d99fa9e3-69d0-5ab2-8b49-09e47bdfe22c.html "Baucus raised for ranch life, but took different road,"] ''The Independent Record''.</ref>

His mother later married John J. Baucus, and she and her son, Max, took his surname.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jennifer McKee|url=http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_c6d4f692-8f60-57de-b4be-09250c1c731c.html|title=Ranch roots to D.C. career: Democrat Baucus running for 6th term in U.S. Senate|publisher=Missoulian.com|date=2008-09-28|access-date=2012-10-19}}</ref> Baucus graduated from [[Helena High School]] in 1959.<ref>{{cite web|title=Max's Biography|url=http://www.baucus.senate.gov/?p=maxs_biography|publisher=baucus.senate.gov|access-date=October 23, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016230707/http://www.baucus.senate.gov/?p=maxs_biography|archive-date=October 16, 2012}}</ref>

After attending local public schools in his hometown of Helena, he attended [[Carleton College]] in Minnesota for a year. He then transferred to [[Stanford University]], where he received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in economics in 1964,<ref name=":0" /> and was a member of the [[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]] fraternity. After graduating, he attended [[Stanford Law School]] and graduated with a [[Juris Doctor]] in 1967.<ref name=baucus>{{cite web|title=125 Montana Newsmakers: Sen. Max Baucus|url=http://www.greatfallstribune.com/multimedia/125newsmakers6/baucus.html|work=Great Falls Tribune|author=Tribune Staff|access-date=August 29, 2011}}</ref>