Background
Shaw, Alfred O. was born on August 9, 1907 in Camas, Utah, United States. Son of Charles Holbrook and Emma (Obray) Shaw.
Shaw, Alfred O. was born on August 9, 1907 in Camas, Utah, United States. Son of Charles Holbrook and Emma (Obray) Shaw.
Bachelor of Science, University of Idaho, 1932, Master of Science, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State, 1935.
Instructor dairy husbandry, University of Idaho, 1935-1939. Associate professor dairy husbandry, Kansas State College, 1939-1941. Head department animal industry, North Carolina State College, 1941-1943.
Superintendent Cable Dairy Products, Lexington, North Carolina, 1943-1944.
Head department animal industry, University of Maine, 1944-1947. Became department chairman dairy husbandry State University of Washington, 1947-1956, chairman department of dairy science, 1947-1954, 57-60.
Chief of educational party Foreign Operations Administration-State College of Washington mission to University Punjab and its affiliated colleges, 1954-1956. Official United States delegate International Dairy Congress, Rome, 1956.
Member American Dairy Scientific Association, Animal Science Association, Washington Purebred Dairy Cattle Association, Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Pi Kappa Alpha, Rho Epsilon, Lambda Rho Epsilon (charter.
Married Thirza Althear Ottley, August 28, 1929. Children: Ottley Ann, Aletta.