Shaw was born in Chico, California in the year 1875. His boyhood years were spent in Port Townsend, Washington, where he got his first newspaer job.

In 1901 he began a four year stint as a reporter for  The Weekly Alaska Prospector in Valdez. After that he spent a year as a reporter for te Nome Nugget. In 1905 he ventured to Siberia for eight months. By 1909 he was back in Seward as editor of the Seward Gateway - a position he maintained for approximately five years. During that time he married a Miss Margaret E. Lyons.

By 1913 he was appointed the U.S. Commissioner in Nelchina and by 1915 he became editor of the Cook Inlet Pioneer and Knik News. After which he began a year as editor of the Anchorage Daily Times in 1916.

He was appointed to a five year term as a founding member, of the board of trustees, to the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines by Governor Strong in 1917. During that intial year of the college development he lived in New York City. By 1918 he was back in Anchorage as editor of the Anchorage Daily Times and within a year of that he became editor of the Alaska Weekly Dispatch in Seattle. In 1923 - 1931 he became news editor and director of the Alaska Weekly also in Seattle.

At the age of 56 on March 14, 1931 he died in Seattle.

L. Frank Shaw – 1917-1921

1875- Born in Chico, CA.

- Boyhood spend in Townsend, WA, first paper job there

1901-1904- Reporter, The Weekley Alaska Prospector, Valdez

1904-1905- Reporter, Nome Nugget

1905-1906- Went to Siberia for eight months

1909-1913- Editor, Seward Gateway

1912- Married Miss Margaret E. Lyons in Walla Walla, WA

1913- Appointed U.S. Commissioner in Nelchina

1915-1916- Editor, Cook Inlet Pioneer & Knik News

1916-1917- Editor, Anchorage Daily Times

1917-1921- Member Board of Trustees for the Alaska Agricultural College & School of Mines, being one of the original eight appointed by Governor Strong.

1917-1918- Lived in New York City

1918-1919- Editor, Anchorage Daily Times

1919-1923- Editor, Alaska Weekly Dispatch, Seattle

1923-1931- News editor and director of the Alaska Weekly, Seattle

1931- Died in Seattle at the age of 56.

Credits: Board of Regents File - L.F. Shaw