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Frank R. Shaw, FSA Scot
352 Mary Saphire Road
Dawsonville, GA 30534-7430
U.S.A.
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 -
As long as my knees and back hold out!
Robert Burns: US couple donate £170k to
Glasgow University study - 17th January 2020
A generous American couple have donated
$225,000 to the world's largest Robert Burns School - the Univeristy of
Glasgow's Centre for Robert Burn's Studies.
Frank and Susan Shaw from Atlanta are both enthusiastic supporters of
scholarships dedicated to the national bard and the gift is the largest
in a series of donations to the University.
Mr and Mrs Shaw said: “We are lucky to have built a great friendship
with the team at the Centre for Robert Burns Studies."
“It has been wonderful to be part of supporting the great scholarship
and educational excellence of the work being undertaken on Burns in
Glasgow."
“Our latest gift seeks to support the continued research excellence in
this field and help ensure new scholars in Burns Studies are also
supported in their work.”
Mr Shaw's ancestry routes lead back to the island of Jura, making him
passionate about Scottish culture and tradition: The couple run a
website on Robert Burns called Robert Burns Lives and Mr Shaw is a past
president of Atlanta's St Andrew's Society.
Professor Gerard Carruthers, Co-Director of the Centre for Robert Burns
Studies based at the University’s College of Arts, said: “The huge
generosity of the Shaw family enables both support for younger scholars
and the advancement of cutting-edge research in Burns.
“We are very grateful for both the moral and material support of Frank
and Susan - they are our passionate friends and collaborators who make a
big difference to us and our students.”
Professor Roibeard O Maolalaigh, Vice-Principal and Head of the College
of Arts at the University of Glasgow, said: “We are extremely grateful
to Frank and Susan Shaw for their continued support of the Centre for
Robert Burns Studies.
“It recognises the importance of the outstanding scholarship on
Scotland’s national bard being provided by the University of Glasgow.”
The Centre for Robert Burns Studies was established in July 2007. Its
mission is the development of research, scholarship and teaching in the
area of Robert Burns, his cultural period and related literature.
Shaw Scholarship
Glasgow research reveals Robert Burns' £203
million annual worth to Scotland
Frank R Shaw - A
Tribute
Published: 26 April 2023
A philanthropic Scots American, who was a friend, supporter, and
benefactor of the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Robert Burns
Studies, has died.
A philanthropic Scots American, who was a friend, supporter, and
benefactor of the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Robert Burns
Studies, has died.
Frank R Shaw, along with his wife Susan, gifted a series of donations to
the centre which has been used to support the scholarship of Scotland’s
national bard.
Mr Shaw passed away from cardiomyopathy at his home in America on April
21, 2023.
After learning of his Scottish ancestry, Mr Shaw became a member of the
Clan Shaw Society, past president of the St Andrews's Society of
Atlanta, and Burns Club of Atlanta.
He was also a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and a
member of the business board of the Centre for Robert Burns Studies,
home of the largest concentration of Burns experts in the world.
Mr Shaw’s greatest love of things Scottish was his research and writing
of the country's history and Scotland's Bard, Robert Burns, which he was
able to do from his library collection of over 5000 books. Mr Shaw also
ran a website on Scotland’s national bard called Robert Burns Lives!
A statement from the Centre for Robert Burns Studies said: “Our
condolences go across the Atlantic to Frank’s wife Susan, son Scott and
family. Today we not only lost a dear friend but a great supporter of
the Centre and its scholarship. Frank and his family’s huge generosity
has helped support many younger scholars as well as advancing
cutting-edge research in Robert Burns at Glasgow.
“But as well as being a great benefactor, he was a friend and
collaborator who always recognised the importance of the scholarship on
Scotland’s national bard at the University of Glasgow.”
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Frank Shaw Obituary
SHAW, Frank R.
Frank R. Shaw, formerly of Atlanta, passed away from cardiomyopathy at
home on April 21, 2023. He lived a full and wonderful life as a loving
husband and father, doting grandfather, brother, uncle and an
accomplished businessman. Frank was a kind and caring man but could be
strong-willed. He was fiercely devoted to his wife, Susan, with whom he
enjoyed many happy times throughout their 49-year marriage.
Frank was born to Charles Bascomb and Mattie Norvelle Rogers Shaw on May
16, 1938, in Mullins, SC. Upon the death of his parents as a young
teenager, he moved to live with family in Charleston. Frank graduated
from North Charleston High School after which he attended Furman
University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of
Divinity degree from Southeastern Theological Seminary.
Having lost both parents at an early age, Frank was interested in the
elderly and began his career in the long-term health care business in
1970, serving as administrator, regional director, owner and consultant
to various companies in both private and governmental sectors. Through
the years, he served on the Georgia State Health Policy Council, was
active in the Georgia Nursing Home Association, and served as the late
U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell's delegate to the White House Conference on
Aging.
Frank was also active at Furman University, serving on various boards
and committees, and was trustee emeritus at the time of his passing.
After learning of his Scottish ancestry, he became a member of the Clan
Shaw Society, St. Andrews's Society of Atlanta, Burns Club of Atlanta,
and was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and a member
of the business board of the University of Glasgow's Centre for Robert
Burns Studies. But Frank's greatest love of things Scottish was his
research and writing of the country's history and Scotland's Bard,
Robert Burns, which he was able to do from his library collection of
over 5,000 books.
Frank was predeceased by his parents and nine older siblings. He is
survived by his wife, Susan Etheridge Shaw; son, Scott F. Shaw; beloved
grandchildren, Ian Bascombe Shaw and Stirling Elizabeth Shaw;
daughter-in-law, Denise V. Shaw; sister-in-law, Carol Etheridge;
brothers-in-law, Vic (Janie) Etheridge, Mark (Debbie) Etheridge and Dave
Etheridge; special friends, Iqbal (Janet) Paroo, Ed (Mary) Loy, and
Patrick (Mary Jane) Scott; and a wealth of nieces, nephews and friends
whom he cherished.
At Frank's request, a private family burial will be held at Arlington
Cemetery in Sandy Springs, GA on Saturday, April 29, 2023.
If you care to make a contribution, please consider the American Heart
Association or the Etheridge Scholarship Fund at Furman University which
Frank set up in memory of his beloved in-laws, Ernesteen and W. Victor
Etheridge (Development Department, Furman University, 3300 Poinsett
Highway, Greenville, SC 29613).
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
Published by Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Apr. 26, 2023. |
