Background
Shaw, Sterling Price was born on April 18, 1872 in Adams Company, Iowa, United States. Son of Stephen Hamilton and Lamira (Moore) Shaw.
Shaw, Sterling Price was born on April 18, 1872 in Adams Company, Iowa, United States. Son of Stephen Hamilton and Lamira (Moore) Shaw.
B.O., Central University of Iowa, 1901. Graduate theological department same, 1902. Bachelor of Arts, Ewing (Illinois) College, 1908, Doctor of Philosophy, 1910.
Doctor of Divinity, Sioux Falls (South Dakot) University, 1917.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1894. Pastor various churches while securing education, 1st Baptist Church, Marion, Iowa, 1904-1907. Chancellor Central University, Pella, Iowa, 1907-1910.
General superintendent South Dakot Baptist Convention, 1910-1925.
Editor South Dakot Baptist Bulletin, 1910-1925. Church edifice missionary, North Dakota Baptist Convention, since 1925.
Traveled in Egypt, Palestine, Turkey, Africa and western Europe, winter 1930. President board of Sioux Falls University, 1911-1925.
Trustee Kansas City Baptist Theological Seminary, Northwestern Baptist Hospital Association, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Member general board promotion Northern Baptist Convention, et cetera Sent by South Dakot Baptist Convention to western Europe, to investigate social and religious conditions, 1919.
Member general board promotion Northern Baptist Convention, et cetera Sent by South Dakot Baptist Convention to western Europe, to investigate social and religious conditions, 1919. Mason, Rotarian.
Married Louise G. Crow, April. Married second, Ida Mae Dibley, October 8, 1925. Children: Sterling Chester (deceased), Lowell Everett, Mary Irene, Louise.