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Frank R. Shaw, FSA Scot
352 Mary Saphire Road
Dawsonville, GA 30534-7430
U.S.A.
Telephone: 404/355-1935
Cell: 404/374-1046
Fax: 706/216-2029
Email:
jurascot@earthlink.net
Education:
North Charleston (SC) High School, Class of 1957
North Greenville Junior
College, Tigerville, SC, Class of 1959, Associate of
Arts
degree
Furman University, Greenville, SC, Class of 1961,
Bachelor of Arts degree
Southeastern Theological Seminary,
Wake
Forest NC, Class of 1965, Master of Divinity degree
Scottish Activities:
Currently serving as Past President of the St. Andrew’s Society of Atlanta.
Appointed High Commissioner for the United States and Mexico by the Chief
of Clan Shaw, John Shaw of Tordarroch, in 1995 and served in that position
for five years. Also served as Chief’s Personal Lieutenant during that
time period.
Past
Editor of Clach na Faire (The Stone of the Watch), a
newsletter for Clan Shaw.
Former Trustee and Regional Commissioner for Clan Chattan USA (the “Cat
Confederation”) in charge of clan tents at Scottish Highland Games in
Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.
Writer of book reviews and interviews with authors for
www.electricscotland.com in a column entitled, A Highlander and
His Books, as well other articles of interest. Editor of
the Robert Burns Lives! column for electricscotland.com
featuring both laymen and Burns scholars from around the world.
Articles have also appeared in ATAVUS, the e-journal of
Burke’s Peerage, and many clan society newsletters and Highland Games
programs.
2007 Recipient of The Scottish Heritage Center Service Award
St.
Andrew’s Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, NC
Given
for outstanding contribution to the preservation and perpetuation of
Scottish history, culture or traditions.
Scottish, Literary, and other Organizations:
St.
Andrew’s Society of Atlanta
Atlanta Burns Club
The Burns World Federation
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club
The
Hemingway Society
Clan
Shaw
Clan Shaw Society
Clan
Chattan USA
Clan Chattan, United Kingdom
Clan
Mackintosh
Former active member The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of
Jerusalem
Activities at Furman University, Greenville, SC:
Member, Board of Trustees
Member, Richard Furman Society
Member, Benefactors Circle
Member, Partners Scholarship Program
Past Member, Advisory Board
Past Member, Board of Furman Village, Inc.
Career:
Owner
of Shaw Executive Services, Inc., a long-term health care management
company, since 1984. During the past 38 years, served as administrator,
regional director, owner, and consultant to various companies in both
private and governmental sectors.
Family:
Married to Susan E. Shaw, a native Atlantan, who retired in 2002 from The
Coca-Cola Company as Corporate Secretary after 35 years.
Proud
“Papa” (grandparent) of Ian and Stirling Shaw, ages seven and five
respectively, children of Scott and Denise Shaw.
Hobbies:
Reading
Writing
for electricscotland.com and formally for ATAVUS, the
e-journal for Burke’s Peerage.
Speaking
at various Scottish-related organizations throughout
Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.
Collecting
Scottish books that now number over 3,000 volumes, plus
over 900 books on
Robert Burns, as well as Burnsiana and Mauchline Ware
items related Robert Burns. Also collects books on Sir Walter Scott,
Robert Louis Stevenson, Hugh MacDiarmid, and Ernest
Hemingway.
Gardening -
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