NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 H. C. SHULL Henry Carlton Shull, a successful young attorney of Sioux City, practicing as a member of the well known law firm of Shull, Stilwill, Shull & Wadden, was appointed a member of the Iowa state board of education by Governor Hammill on the 31st of March, 1925. His birth occurred in Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, on the 16th of January, 1892, his parents being Deloss C. and Frances Edith (Mitzell) Shull. A biography of the father may be found on another page of this work. Henry C. Shull obtained his early education in the public schools of his native city and subsequently entered the University of Chicago, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1914, while two years later the same institution conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence. He had studied law in Harvard University during the years 1914 and 1915 but completed his preparation for the bar in Chicago and there received his degree. Immediately following his graduation he entered his father's law office in Sioux City, where he has remained continuously to the present time and where he was made a member of the firm of Shull, Stilwill, Shull & Wadden on the 1st of January, 1921. He is also secretary, treasurer and director of the Edgewater Realty Company and has already become widely known as one of the representative business men as well as able lawyers of Sioux City. On the 15th of August, 1921, Mr. Shull was united in marriage to Miss Alice Lincoln of Alton, Iowa, who was graduated from the University of Iowa with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1920. Mr. Shull is well known in Masonic circles, belonging to the following bodies of the order: Tyrian Lodge No. 508, A. F. & A. M., of which he is worshipful master; Sioux Chapter No. 26, R. A. M.; Columbian Commandery No. 5, K. T.; Sioux City Consistory No. 5, A. A. S. R.; and Abu-Bekr Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He is junior warden of Rose Croix Chapter and is active in the fifteenth and eighteenth degrees of Rose Croix. The following paragraph is copied from a Masonic publication: "Brother Henry C. Shull, worshipful master of Tyrian Lodge No. 508, A. F. & A. M., was nominated by Governor Hammill to be a member of the Iowa state board of education on March 25, and the nomination was promptly confirmed by the senate. The honor conferred is high and the responsibility of the office is great. The state board of education administers the affairs of the state educational institutions, including the University of Iowa, the Iowa State College of Agriculture, the Iowa State Teachers' College, the State School for the Blind and the State School for the Deaf. The board consists of nine members. Brother Shull succeeds the late Charles R. Brenton. He is equipped both by training and by an active interest in educational matters for effective service on this board. An alumnus of the University of Chicago, he is keenly interested in the furtherance of education, and by reason of that interest will bring to his service on the board an informed mind and ripened judgment. Brother Shull's appointment is gratifying to his friends in Sioux City and northwestern Iowa, and they are certain that Governor Hammill made a wise choice." Henry C. Shull is also identified with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, being past exalted ruler of Sioux City Lodge, No. 112. His name is likewise on the membership rolls of the Sioux City Boat Club, the Sioux City Country Club, the Kiwanis Club, the Harvard Club of New York city, Alpha Delta Phi, a college fraternity of the University of Chicago, the University Club of Chicago and phi Delta Phi, a legal fraternity. Mr. Shull is also a consistent member of the First Baptist church and a member of its board of trustees. High ideals and worthy motives have actuated him in every relation of life, and the circle of his friends is almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintances. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/