Frank R. Shaw is a native of Mullins, South Carolina and a 1961 Furman graduate.  He is the owner and chief executive officer of Shaw Executive Services, Inc. and Canton Convalescent Center, Inc., long-term health care companies.

After leaving Furman, Frank earned a master’s degree at Southeastern Baptist Seminary in Wake Forest.

He began his career in the health care business in 1970.  He was appointed by Georgia Governor, Joe Frank Harris, to the State Health Policy Council in 1983, a position he held for eight years.  Frank served as president of the Georgia Health Care Association from 1984-85.  Appointed by the late U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell, he was a delegate to the White House Conference on Aging in 1995.

Frank is a member of the Clan Shaw Society, former president of the St. Andrew’s Society of Atlanta, and a member of the Burns Club of Atlanta.  He is also a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.  Frank is writer/editor for the world’s largest Scottish information web site, www.electricscotland.com.  He is currently serving on the business board of the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Robert Burns Studies.

He and his wife, Susan, are both former members of Furman’s Advisory Council and reside in Dawsonville, Georgia.  They are supporters of the Richard Furman Society and the Partners Scholarship Program and have also endowed a football scholarship.