Background
Shaffer, Denny Richard was born on February 13, 1931 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Melvin Anson and Mildred Catherine Shaffer.
Shaffer, Denny Richard was born on February 13, 1931 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Melvin Anson and Mildred Catherine Shaffer.
Bachelor of Business Administration, University Pittsburgh, 1952. Student, Institute for Advanced Pastorial Studies, Bloomsfield Hill, Michigan, 1968.
Manager One Hour Koretizing / One Hour Martinizing, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1954—1966, Burlington, 1954—1966, Durham, 1954—1966, Rocky Mount, 1954—1966, Charleston, South Carolina, 1954—1966. Vice president One Hour Koretizing, Lynchburg, North Carolina, 1962—1966. Field manager One Hour Valet, Miami, Florida, 1963—1965.
President Kore-O-Mat of Fayetteville, 1965—2003, One Hour Koretizing, Fayetteville, 1966—1999, Shaffer Management Company, Fayetteville, 1966—1999. Partner Scots Hills Floral Nursery, Cameron, 1968—1975.
Member Fayetteville City Council, 1967—1971. Delegate Sierra Club Council, San Francisco, 1972—1977. Lobbyist Easter Wilderness Bill, Washington, 1974, chairman national membership committee, 1976—1979.
National board directors Sierra Club, 1977—1984, board directors, 1985—1991, 1994—1997. President National Sierra Club, 1982—1984, treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, 1978—1982, 1985—1986, 1994—1995, secretary, 1997, vice president for planning, vice president for electorial politics, 1982—1985, 1987—1994. Member board trustees The Sierra Club Foundation, 1979—1986, 1991—1994.
Founding member Sierra Club of Fayetteville, North Carolina Group, 1970. Chairman North Carolina Conservation, 1972—1974. Executive committee mem Sierra Club Council, 1974—1977.
Founding director Hillsboro St. School, 1958, Spainhour School, 1967—1984, The People's Clinic, 1968—1972.
Married Kim Martin, May 6, 1984. 1 child Francesca Martin. Married Betty Blair (deceased December 1972).
Children: Robert Daniel, David Richard.