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Article: Samuel Shaw II; executive active in Brookline affairs
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 28, 2009
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On the roadways between his home in Brookline and his office at
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Boston's Back Bay, Samuel
Ervine Shaw II pedaled his way to and from work - donning a parka
and galoshes when the weather demanded.
A quiet and thoughtful insurance executive in his professional
life, he braved Boston traffic on his three-speed Raleigh, perching
his briefcase in the bike's wire basket.
His habit of bicycling to work in all types of weather belied a
pragmatic, prudent nature that made him a sought-after consultant
worldwide.
"He must have been quite the picture coming down the street,"
said his son Christopher, of South Burlington, Vt. "He was secure
in the fact that ...