Background
Shaw, Mary Elizabeth was born on March 11, 1929 in Houston, Texas, United States. Daughter of William Elmo and Mary Elizabeth (Caldwell) Merrem.
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Mary Elizabeth Shaw
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Mary Elizabeth Shaw, American writer. Licensed real estate broker, Texas; certified teacher, Texas. Recipient Honorary Mention award for Children's Fiction, Tulsa Friends of the Library., 1983, Honorary Mention-Golden Pen award Southwest Writers Conference, 1988, 1st Place award for Young Adult Fiction Association Authors Children's Literature Conference, 1978, Honorary Mention Young Adult Novel, Golden Triangle Writers Guild.
Education
Associate of Arts, Stephens College, 1947. Bachelor, University Texas, 1949.
Career
Public relations representative Houston area, B. R. Martin and Associations, Skokie, Illinois, 1957-1958; junior executive trainee, Foleys, Houston, 1959; leasing agent, Center Apartment Rentals, Houston, 1968-1970; broker-sales associate, Jim West and Company, Realtors, Houston, 1970-1977; manager, CyFair Office, Houston, 1980-1982; sales associate, John Daugherty, Realtors, Houston, 1977-1978; independent broker, Mary Lib Williams, Realtor, Houston, 1978-1980; manager, Clegg and Company, Realtors, Houston, 1982.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Association of University Women, Austin Writers League, Texas Association Realtors, Alamo Writers.
Interests
Connections
Married Arthur Lee Forbes III, December 28, 1948 (divorced 1957). Married Dana S. Williams, October 16, 1959 (divorced 1967). Children: Dana D. Forbes, Andrea M. Williams O'Neal, Rolfe Merrem Williams.
Married Alan Bosworth Shaw, September 3, 1982.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1947
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1949
Awards
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Recipient Honorary Mention award for Children's Fiction, Tulsa Friends of the Library., 1983, Honorary Mention-Golden Pen award Southwest Writers Conference, 1988, 1st Place award for Young Adult Fiction Association Authors Children's Literature Conference, 1978, Honorary Mention Young Adult Novel, Golden Triangle Writers Guild.Recipient Honorary Mention award for Children's Fiction, Tulsa Friends of the Library., 1983, Honorary Mention-Golden Pen award Southwest Writers Conference, 1988, 1st Place award for Young Adult Fiction Association Authors Children's Literature Conference, 1978, Honorary Mention Young Adult Novel, Golden Triangle Writers Guild.