Lakes Region Weekly Recalls Shaw’s Contributions

The Lakes Region Weekly published a piece about University of Maine alumnus Merle B. Shaw, born 123 years ago in North Windham. When Shaw died in 1977 at age 86, he bestowed $300,000 to the University of Maine Foundation for scholarships for Windham students. Shaw earned a degree in chemical engineering at UMaine, served in World War I and worked for the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C., where he helped to develop paper on which money is printed.