Herbert Shaw

Ontario High School

Class of 1963

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Herbert Shaw - Class of 1963 - Ontario High School

First Name	Herbert
Last Name	Shaw
Graduation Year	Class of 1963
Gender	Male
Current Location	Salem, Oregon
Hometown	Ontario, Oregon
About Me	Check out our daughter's facebook site, "Impressions of Nature." She makes some awesome yard art (bird baths, etc.). HERB: Born in Brittingham's Nursing Home in Ontario, OR 2/3/45 (hospital was too full); my dad owned a livestock ranch at Jamieson, OR, to age 3, then bought a farm at Willowcreek, OR; lived in Willowcreek area until age 8. Moved to Ontario for 3rd Grade @ Lindbergh; moved to Ironside, OR, for 4th & 5th Grades (Dad bought a logging truck); started 6th Grade in Baker (about a month), & moved to La Grande, OR, to complete 6th Grade & 7th Grades; moved to Boise, ID, for 8th & 9th Grade @ West Junior High, 10th & 11th Grade @ Borah High; moved back to Ontario (Dad purchased a farm) for my Senior year. Went to Oregon Tech (now OIT) in 1963-64, stayed home 1964-65 to farm & milk cows while Dad was recovering from a farm accident (lost an arm in a corn chopper), then resumed Civil Enginering classes at OTI 1965-67 (Assoc Degrees in Bridge Design, Highway Design & Surveying). Began working for Oregon DOT in Summer of 1966 as an Engineering Trainee in the Ontario Office, and worked full-time with ODOT from 1967 to 1995, in Pendleton, LaGrande, Pendleton (construction inspector), LaGrande (1st full-time Regional Bridge Inspector in Oregon, appointed 1972) and Ontario (Asst. Project Mgr for 2 years & Construction Project Mgr for 10 years in Ontario). Went to work for David Evans & Assoc (Consulting Engineering firm in Salem, OR) in 1996, as Senior Construction Project Manager & Construction Engineering Mgr; retired Feb. 11, 2011. Started Herb Shaw Consulting, Inc, in March, 2011; check out my website, www.herbshawconsulting.com . Married Joan Dewey (Ontario) in Winnemucca, NV, on 8/30/68; 4 children (Dan in Illinios, Sam in Colorado, Loni and Ron in Idaho); 10 grandchildren (7 girls and 3 boys) and 1 great grandson. Some of my "hobbies" have been: licensed racehorse jockey at 16; drag racer at 23 (1968 Dodge Coronet R/T, D-stock Automatic); stockcar driver & flagger at 26; Saved at age 32; Union, OR, City Councilman/Water Commissioner & Police Commssioner age 34-38; remodeling contractor at age 47. I still enjoy hunting, spending time with my wife, kids and grands, and vacationing on the Oregon Coast. JOAN: Born in Holy Rosary Hospital, Ontario, OR, 12/23/44. Lived on a farm on Hwy 201, 6 miles North of Ontario until H.S. graduation. Married Herb ...(read more)