Background
Shook, Edgar was born on December 21, 1894 in Niangua, Missouri, United States. Son of Lafayette Franklin and Mary R. (Hoover) Shook.
Shook, Edgar was born on December 21, 1894 in Niangua, Missouri, United States. Son of Lafayette Franklin and Mary R. (Hoover) Shook.
Bachelor of Arts, Scarrit-Morrisville College, 1915. Postgraduate Drury College, 1916. Bachelor of Laws, University Missouri, 1922.
Admitted to Missouri bar, 1922, also Supreme Court of the United States Court. Practice in Kansas City, Missoury, 1929-1970. Member firm Shook, Hardy, Ottman, Mitchell & Bacon and predecessors, 1934-1970.
Board of directors United Funds, Incorporated.
Member American Bar Association Missouri Bar, Lawyers Association Kansas City.
Married Elizabeth Stone Harwood, July 21, 1928. Children: Charles H., Susan (Mistress Frank Williams), Edgar.