William H. Shaw

William Howard Shaw (1909 – September 10, 1988) was an American economist, businessman and government official. He was an executive with E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Co., an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and president of the American Statistical Association.

Biography Shaw was born in Brooklyn in 1909. He received his bachelor's degree from Columbia University in 1930, M.A. in 1931, and Ph.D. in 1948.

In 1966, he returned to the federal government as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs, serving under Secretary John T. Connor. He held that position until 1968, when he returned to DuPont as assistant treasurer and retired in 1973. He then served as a member of the Committee on National Statistics in the National Academy of Sciences from 1972 to 1976.

Shaw was a member of the Cosmos Club and Kiwanis International.

He died of cancer on September 10, 1988 at age 79. He was living in Annapolis, Maryland.