More detail on this person: George Jerome
"Jerry" Shaw, Jr. passed away peacefully on
Wednesday, June 1, 2016, in Cincinnati, Ohio,
surrounded by his family. Jerry leaves behind his
beloved wife of nearly 54 years, Barbara Eileen
Shaffer; two children, Dr. George J. Shaw, III
(Anna) of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Susan Shaw
McWilliams (Bruce) of Burke, Virginia; twelve
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and four
sisters. Born in Helena, Montana, on November 16,
1940, Jerry graduated from St. Martin''s High
School in Lacey, Washington in 1958, and from
Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington in
1962. Immediately after college, Jerry served as
an officer in the U.S. Army flying MedEvac
helicopters in Vietnam and elsewhere. He was
awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on October
7, 1964. He subsequently attended St. Mary''s
School of Law in San Antonio, Texas, graduating
with honors in 1970. Right after graduation, Jerry
moved his family to the Washington, D.C. area, to
begin working for the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) in the Office of Chief Counsel, specializing
in labor law. In 1974, he was promoted to Branch
Chief, and in March 1976, he became Director of
the General Legal Services Division. Deeply
troubled by the treatment of federal employees in
general, and members of the Senior Executive
Service (SES) in particular, Jerry co-founded the
Senior Executives Association (SEA) in 1980,
serving as its first President from 1980 to 1982.
In that role, and over the next approximately 20
years as SEA''s General Counsel, Jerry worked
tireless- ly on behalf of federal employees. His
accomplishments include the last move home for
Senior Executives relocated during their careers,
beneficial provisions enacted in the FERS
retirement system legislation, fall back rights
for executives caught in a reduction in force,
increased agency bonus pools, reimbursement of
executives and managers for half of the cost of
their professional liability insurance, and
restoration of the Presidential Rank awards to
their original value. In 1982, Jerry became a
partner in private practice, eventually founding
the law firm of Shaw, Bransford & Roth, which
specializes in federal employment law. That same
year, he helped form the Public Employees
Roundtable (PER), serving as its Chairman.
Beginning in 1985, PER partnered with other
organizations to begin Public Service Recognition
Week, an annual celebration honoring those serving
as federal, state, county and local government
employees, which continues to this day. He was a
founder of the Federal Employees Education &
Assistance Fund (FEEA) in 1986. Among other
things, FEEA provides scholarships to civilian
federal and postal employees and their families,
grants, and no-interest emergency loans. Since its
inception, FEEA has provided more than $13 million
in scholarships and $12 million in emergency
financial assistance. In addition to his other
contributions, Jerry took on the Federal Dispute
Resolution (FDR) Conference to provide quality
training for federal employees when the
responsible agencies could no longer manage it,
serving as its Chair for many years, and authored
several books for federal employees. Jerry
continued serving others after moving to Lewes,
Delaware. He was ordained a Catholic deacon for
the Diocese of Wilmington on Sept. 25, 2004. In
that role, he taught religious education classes,
celebrated Mass, presided over weddings,
baptisms, and funerals, and served the needy. An
avid Redskins fan, Jerry enjoyed playing golf and
cheering on his beloved college basketball team,
the Gonzaga Bulldogs. His enthusiasm, idealism,
and laughter will be greatly missed. A funeral
Mass will be held on Monday, June 13, at 1 p.m. at
St. Edmond Church in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware,
where friends may call beginning ay 12 p.m.
Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery
in Dagsboro, Delaware. In lieu of flowers,
contributions may be made to FEEA:
(http://www.feea.org/JerryShaw).
(http://www.feea.org/JerryShaw).
Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Dagsboro, Sussex
County, Delaware, USA
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