Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Gallery
Portrait of Ralph Martin Shaw

Ralph Martin Shaw

SHAW, RALPH MARTIN (1869–1949), inducted between 1920–1948

Artist Unknown

Ralph Martin Shaw was born in Paris, Kentucky, and earned degrees from Transylvania University (1888) and Yale University (1890) before completing a law degree at the University of Michigan in 1892. He moved to Chicago that same year and joined the firm of Winston and Meagher, becoming a partner by 1900. Shaw was a director and legal advisor to the Union Stock Yard and Transit Company and general counsel for several corporations and railroad companies.

Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 175

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