Background
Shanks, Carrol Meteer was born on October 14, 1898 in Fairmont, Minnesota, United States. Son of Edgar Beeson and Lilly (Meteer) Shanks.
Shanks, Carrol Meteer was born on October 14, 1898 in Fairmont, Minnesota, United States. Son of Edgar Beeson and Lilly (Meteer) Shanks.
Bachelor of Business Administration, U. Washington, 1921. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia, 1925.
Admitted to New Jersey and New York bars. With law firm Root, Clark, Buckner & Ballantine, New York City, 1925-1927, 31-32. Lecturer Columbia University Law School, 1925-1927.
Associate professor of law Yale, 1929-1930.
Assistant solicitor Prudential Insurance Company of America, 1932-1938, general solicitor, 1938-1944, executive vice president, director, 1944-1945, president, 1946-1961. President, director Universal Controls, Incorporated., 1962-1967.
Director Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Public Service Electric & Gas Company, National Biscuit Company, Urethane Structures, Incorporated., Vesco Corporation Trustee Johns Hopkins University, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.
Served as private United States Army, World War I. Member Beta Theta Pi, Beta Gamma Sigma, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Martha South. Taylor, April. Children: Wallace Taylor, Margaret Jackson, Carrol Meteer.