Background
Shaw, Robert Lawson was born on April 30, 1916 in Red Bluff, California, United States. Son of Shirley Richard and Nelle Mae (Lawson) Shaw.
Shaw, Robert Lawson was born on April 30, 1916 in Red Bluff, California, United States. Son of Shirley Richard and Nelle Mae (Lawson) Shaw.
AB, Pomona College, 1938. Degree (honorary), College Wooster, 1951. Degree (honorary), Pomona College, 1953.
Degree (honorary), St. Lawrence University, 1955. Degree (honorary), Michigan State University, 1960. Degree (honorary), Kenyon College, 1962.
Degree (honorary), University Alaska, 1963. Degree (honorary), Cleveland Institute Music, 1966. Degree (honorary), Case Western Reserve University, 1966.
Degree (honorary), Emory University, 1967. Degree (honorary), Florida State University, 1968. Degree (honorary), Westminster Choir College, 1975.
Degree (honorary), University Akron, 1976. Degree (honorary), Morehouse College, 1977. Degree (honorary), Oglethorpe University, 1977.
Degree (honorary), Baldwin-Wallace College, 1980. Degree (honorary), Stetson University, 1983. Degree (honorary), New England Conservatory, 1983.
Degree (honorary), St. Olaf College, 1985. Degree (honorary), Duke University, 1988. Degree (honorary), Atlanta College Art., 1988.
Degree (honorary), Florida Southern College, 1989. Degree (honorary), Baylor University, 1990. Degree (honorary), Rhodes College, 1990.
Degree (honorary), Johns Hopkins University, 1990. Degree (honorary), Eastman School Music, 1991. Degree (honorary), State University of New York, 1993.
Degree (honorary), Indiana University, 1993. Degree (honorary), Boston University, 1994.
Director choral music, Juilliard School Music, New York City, 1945-1948; founder, conductor, Robert Shaw Chorale, 1948-1965; conductor, San Diego Symphony, 1953-1957; music director, Alaska Festival, Anchorage, 1956-1975; associate conductor, director choruses, Cleveland Orchestra, 1956-1967; conductor, music director, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, 1967-1988; music director emeritus and conductor laureate, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, since 1988. Visiting professor U. Tex, Austin, 1988.
Son of; married Maxine Farley, October 15, 1939 (divorced 1973). Children: Johanna, Peter Thein, John Thaddeus. Married Caroline Sauls Hitz, December 19, 1973.
1 child, Thomas Lawson.