Background
Shaw, Richard Melvin was born on January 14, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Melvin and Harriet Louise (Hammond).
gemologist gold company executive
Shaw, Richard Melvin was born on January 14, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Melvin and Harriet Louise (Hammond).
Student, Los Angeles Valley College-Van Nuys, 1967. Graduate, Gemological Institute America, 1976.
Design coordinator Foxy Jon's Smokehouse Cabins, Inc., Los Angeles, 1968-1971. Pantera specialist, used car manager Bricker Lincoln-Mercury, 1971-1974. Designer Melvin Shaw & Associate, Santa Monica, 1974-1976.
Instructor Gemological Institute American, 1976-1979, director research and development, 1979-1982. Partner, director sales and marketing Northwest Gold Marketing, Woodland Hills, California, 1982-1983. Executive vice president National Gold Distributor, Ltd., Canoga Park, 1983-1986.
President, Chief Executive Officer Campbell Shaw, Inc., Woodland Hills, since 1986, founder AMPS division, 1993. Founder, partner Rick Shaw & Company, since 1982. Lighting and sound contractor, dealer Computer Society of India Multimedia division Computer Society of India, since 1999.
Gemological consultant, 1988.
Member Los Angeles County Museum Alliance, Mineralogical Society Southern California, National Association Underwater Instructors, Instrument Society of America, Acoustical Society of America.
Son of; married Deanna Lee Revel, March 9, 1968 (divorced 1973). 1 child, Katharine Lillian. Married Janet Lynne Gribble, December 31, 1981.
1 child: Jacquelyn Louise.