Shaw, Stanford C., 1913-

Stanford C. Shaw, a practicing attorney, was elected to the California State Assembly in 1950 to represent the Seventy-Second District. His principal committee service during his two terms was: Agriculture, Judiciary, and Public Health. He sponsored legislation to create the California Law Revision Commission. In 1954, he returned to his law practice. In 1957 Mr. Shaw won a special election for the Thirty-Sixth Senate District for San Bernardino County. His senate service centered on his obtaining a state college for San Bernadino County, the major achievement of his one term, and the State Water Plan. For health reasons, Mr. Shaw retired from state politics in 1961.

From the description of Oral history interview with Stanford C. Shaw : oral history transcript / by Enid H. Douglass, Oral History Program Claremont Graduate School, for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 214961661