William Shaw (1842-1926)

missioner

Died aged c. 84

William J. Shaw is the (retired, 2011) Vice-Chairman of Marriott International Inc. He has held this post since May 2009. Shaw received his BA from University of Notre Dame and MBA from Washington University in St. Louis in 1972. He joined the Marriott hotel company in 1974, was elected Corporate Controller in 1979, and a company Vice President in 1982. In 1986, Shaw became Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer of Marriott Corporation. He was elected Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Marriott Corporation in April 1988. In February 1992, he was elected President of the Marriott Service Group. Between March 1997 and April 2009, Shaw served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Marriott International, before taking up his current position as Vice-Chairman. Shaw is on the board of trustees of the University of Notre Dame, the Suburban Hospital Foundation, the Wolf Trap Foundation of the Performing Arts, Washington Mutual Investor Fund, board of directors and the NCAA Leadership Advisory Board. Mr. Shaw has been a director of Marriott International, or its predecessors, since 1997, and is currently serving a term expiring at the 2008 annual meeting of shareholders. Shaw is now the Chairman of the Board since November 2011 for Marriott Vacations Worldwide.
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Runcorn, United Kingdom

Missioner William Shaw (1842-1926). Shaw was born in Upton-upon-Severn in Worcestershire. After time spent in the Royal Navy and working for the River Police in Liverpool, he was sent to Runcorn in 1875 by the Mersey Mission to Seamen, to open a mission house here, both for the local boat people and visiting seamen. The mission house opened in 1891 and was on Station Road near Waterloo Bridge. Shaw's missionary work for the people of Runcorn was tireless. He also played a part in the founding of the Victoria Memorial ('Cottage') Hospital, which is on the corner of Holloway and Penn Lane. He erected the Seamen's Memorial in Runcorn Cemetery, for poor seamen who could not afford to be buried in consecrated ground. He was also involved in the formation of the Grappling Corps, a team that recovered the bodies of people who had drowned in the local waterways. His death was met with great sadness in the town, and large numbers of mourners lined his funeral route. He was buried in Runcorn Cemetery in Greenway Road. William and his family once lived in this house.

99 Shaw Street, Runcorn, United Kingdom where they worked