Annette Shelby

Annette Shelby (née Nevin; January 22, 1939 – July 23, 2025) was an American academic. She was the first woman to become a tenured full professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. In 2018, she was appointed to the Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by President Donald Trump.

Early life and education Shelby was born Annette Nevin on January 22, 1939, in Kinston, Alabama to educators Gladys Price and Edwin Claude Nevin.

She graduated from Kinston High School and attended Alabama College, where she was a member of Alpha Lambda Delta honor society and was active in the theatre program.

Career Shelby was the first woman to become a tenured full professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.

She also served on the faculty at the University of Alabama as an instructor, and later as a tenured assistant professor, in the Department of Speech and as an associate professor in the School of Business. She was a founding board member of the Shelby Institute for Policy and Leadership at the University of Alabama.

Personal life and death She was married to U.S. Senator Richard Shelby for 65 years, until her death. They had two sons, Richard Jr. and Claude. Shelby was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Tuscaloosa, where she taught Sunday school.

She died on July 23, 2025, at her home in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She was buried at Tuscaloosa Memorial Park.