Virginia Shaw Obituary

Virginia Shaw attended Lakeside High School in Atlanta, GA. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Virginia Shaw.

Graduation Year	Class of 1967
Date of Passing	May 05, 2003
About	I'm glad you remember Ginny. . For the record, Ginny graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry and became an Officer in the U.S. Army, 1973-1980. She was the 1st female EOD (Explosives and Ordinance) officer in the United States Army. She told great stories about teaching classes in Chemical and Nuclear Warfare, disarming bombs and being the officer in charge of the bomb squad when travelling with the POTUS. She resigned her commission as Captain along with her husband, Jesse Medlen. Together, they worked at Texas Instruments but Ginny wanted more. She entered SMU Law School and in 1984, graduated with a specialty in Trademark and Patent Law. She ultimately moved to San Francisco and became a founding partner to the law firm of Medlen & Carroll. She traveled frequently in her position, and also as a member of the Napoleonic Society. On May 5, 2003, she was killed tragically 2 weeks before her daughter Elizabeth's graduation from the United States Air Force Academy. She was in Amsterdam on a legal conference, simply walking down a sidewalk next to the ReiksMuseum when an SUV careened out of control and landed on her, killing her instantly. It devastated all of us, and we miss her greatly. She was without a doubt, one of the brightest and best of anyone I have ever known. I count myself fortunate to have called her "sister".