Vincennes University - Le Revoir Yearbook (Vincennes, IN)

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DEDIUATIUN Close examination will prove that pose sibly more than any other single individu- al, judge Curtis G. Shake has for some time been a prime mover behind the ex- pansion of the fastest growing institution of higher learning in this part of the country. It is in appreciation for the hours of inspired toil which continue to this day, that Le Revoir has dedicated this issue to the president of the Board of Trustees of Vincennes University. Powhatan Guard, Jamestown Exposition, 1907 Indiana State Senator, 1927 Judge, U.S. Military Tribunal Nuremberg, Germany, 1947

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HON. CURTIS G. SHAKE, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY Curtis G. Shake, Vincennes attorney and president of the Vincennes University Board of Trustees, was horn July 14, 1887 in Knox County. He was a student at Vincennes University from 1903 to 1906 and in 1910 received the L.L.B. from indiana Uni- versity. He was admitted to the Indiana Bar in 1909 and has sineerpraetieed law in Vincennes. He is senior member ofthe law firm of Shake and Shake the other member being his son, Gilbert. ln iana Governor Matthew lf. Welsh was a law partner of Nlr. Shake until the firm was dissolved on the election of Mr. Welsh governor. Mr. Shake immediately became active in community and governmental activities after being admitted to the bar. He served as deputy prosecuting attorney of Knox County from 1911 to 1913 and city attorney of Vincennes from 1912 to 1915. He was United States Commissioner from 1917 to 1925 and county attorney from 1923 to 1926. ln 1927 he served as senator in the State Legislature. 1Vlr. Shake was appointed to the indiana State Supreme Court in 1938, and served until he retired from the bench in 1945. 1n 1942 he was elected permanent Chairman of the Democratic- State Convention. Mr. Shake was selected to serve in 194-7 as presiding judge ofthe 1.G.l'1arben war crimes trials at Nuremberg, Germany fol- lowing World War 11. He has also served as rcferree or the National Railroad Adjustment Board in numerous labor disputes. He xt as president of the Vincennes Chamber of Commerce in 1949 and Chairman of the Indiana Sesquieentennial Commission in 1950. 1 c received the Vincennes University Alumni Association's first annual Citation for civic leadership and serv iec in 1952. ln 1959 he was selected to represent the State of Indiana on a Lincoln Year tour of Japan and the Far Fiast. Nlr. Shake is a member of the American and Indiana Bar Associations, the American ,ludieature Soeiety,the lndiana Historical Society, the Society ol indiana Pioneers, Sigma Pi, Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Phi, Delta Sigma Phi and the Kiwanis Club. Mr. Shake was elected to the Board of Trustees of Vincennes University on March 31, 1923, during the period when the in- stilution's administration was undergoing important changes. He has been a member of the board since that time,serving as secretary, vice- president and president, taking that position on October 9, 194-5. It was during 1Vlr. Shake's tenure as president that the Board of Trustees undertook the long-planned move from the old downtown campus to its present site on t e old Harrison Park grounds which it occupied in 1953. Mr. Shake has lor many years had an avid interest in the historioai background ol Vincennes and the surrounding community. Ile has written numerous pamphlets on the history of Vincennes and has aiso been a contributor to 1ega1 periodicals.

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