Background
Shepley, Ethan A.H. was born on May 3, 1896 in St. Louis. Son of John F. and Sarah (Hitchcock) Shepley.
Shepley, Ethan A.H. was born on May 3, 1896 in St. Louis. Son of John F. and Sarah (Hitchcock) Shepley.
Student Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1918, Doctor of Laws, 1954. Bachelor of Laws, Washington University, 1922.
Doctor of Laws, Westminster College, 1955, St. Saint Louis University, 1955, Drury College, 1955, U. Missouri, 1957, Northwestern University, 1958.
Admitted to Missouri bar, 1922, practiced in St. Louis. Partner Nagel & Kirby and successor firms, 1930-1954. Director Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
Board of directors Washington University Corporation, 1940-1954, 61-75, president corporation, 1951-1954, chancellor university, 1954-1961. Delaware-at-large Missouri Constitutional Convention, 1943-1944. Delaware Episcopal General Convention, 3 times.
President, Community Chest, 1930, United Charities, 1940, Greater St. Louis Community Chest, 1947-1948. Sponsoring member Civic Progress, Inc. Member Missouri Citizens Commission Study Education Chairman Republican Finance Committee of Missouri, 1947-1948.
Republican candidate for government Missouri, 1964.
Member American, Missouri St. Louis bar associations. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Sophie South Carolina. Baker, July 9, 1921; children: Ethan Ampere-hour, Sarah B. (Mistress William G. Moore, Junior.