Former Lewiston Mayor Marion Shinn dies

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Former Lewiston Mayor and educator Marion Shinn has died at the age of 101.

Shinn was elected to the Lewiston city council in 1980 and served as Mayor until 1989.

A World War II navy veteran, Shinn was trained to operate and repair radar equipment and was assigned to a submarine, the USS Guavina, and served on five of her six patrols in the Pacific theater.

After the war, he returned to civilian life where he enrolled at what is now Washington State University and earned a bachelor’s degree in production management. Following his graduation in 1948, he was a Lewiston High School chemistry teacher for 17 years.

In 1965, he was hired to start a vocational program at Lewis-Clark Normal School. During his time as the dean of the program from 1965-79, Shinn led his staff to create curriculums in areas such as auto mechanics, Native American crafts, office occupations, police science and practical nursing.

He was also the general education diploma tester and wrote grant proposals to fund construction of the college’s Mechanical Technical Building and the Sam Glenn Complex.  (Lewiston Tribune)

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