Background
Shank, William O. was born on January 11, 1924 in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. Son of Horace Cooper and Bonnie (Winn) Shank.
Shank, William O. was born on January 11, 1924 in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. Son of Horace Cooper and Bonnie (Winn) Shank.
Miami University (Bachelor of Arts, 1947). Yale Law School (Juris Doctor, 1950). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi.
Chairman, Planning Committee, Corporate Counsel Institute, 1970-1988 (Chairman, 1974). Founding Member, World Association of Lawyers, 1974. Member, Chicago Crime Commission.
Member, Plan Commission, Village of Lakewood, Illinois, 1972-1980. 1989 (Chairman, 1976-1980).
Private practice, Hamilton, Ohio, 1951-1955, Chicago, since 1955. Member firm Shank, Briede & Spoerl, Hamilton, Ohio, 1951-1955. Associate Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, 1955-1958.
Attorney Chemetron Corporation, 1958-1960, senior attorney, 1960-1961, general attorney, assistant secretary, 1961-1971, secretary, general counsel, 1971-1978. Vice president, general counsel, secretary Walgreen Company, Deerfield, Illinois, 1978-1989. Partner Burditt & Radzius, Chartered, Chicago, 1989-1998.
Executive vice president International Business Resources, Inc., 1993—2000. Partner Williams Montgomery & John Ltd., 1998—2003. Of counsel Hinshaw & Culbertson, Crystal Lake, since 2003.
Member business advisory council Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, since 1975. Arbitrator 19th and 22d Judicial Circuit, Illinois, since 1995. Advisory board eLawForum, Washington, since 1999.
Board directors Council for Community Services Metropolitan Chicago, 1973-1977. Trustee Library. International Relations, 1971-1978. Board directors Chicago Civic Federation, 1984-1989, Walgreen Drug Stores History Foundation, since 1990.
Member Chicago Crime Commission, 1985-1989. 1st lieutenant, pilot 8th Air Force, United States Army Air Force, World World War II, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Bar Foundation (life).
Member American Bar Association (committee corporation general counsel), Society Corporation Secretaries and Governance Professionals (president Chicago regional group 1983-1984, national board directors 1984-1987), Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association (chairman committee on corporation law departments 1971-1972, 89-90), Yale University Law School Association (past president Illinois Alumni, executive committee New Haven), Walgreen Alumni Association (president 1992-1994), Legal Club (president 1979-1980), Law Club, Lawyers Club (Chicago), University Club, Economic Club, Yale Club of Chicago, American Air Museum in Britain (sustaining member since 2004), Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, Sigma Chi.
Married Shirleen Allison, June 25, 1949. Children– Allison Kay, Kristin Elizabeth.