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George Beverly Shea
Biography
BORN
George Beverly Shea; February 1, 1909; Winchester, Ontario, Canada
PARENTS
The Reverend A. J. Shea and Maude Whitney Shea (both deceased)
MARRIED
Karlene Aceto
EDUCATION
Annesley College, Ottawa, Ontario
1928-29: Houghton College, Houghton, New York
VOCATION
1929-38: Radio Broadcasting (singing on WMCA & WHN) as an avocation while working as a clerk in the headquarters office of Mutual of New York insurance company
1938-44: Announcer and staff soloist, WMBI, Chicago
1944-52: Soloist on ABC's "Club Time"
1947 - present: Soloist, Billy Graham Team
1950 - present: Soloist on the "Hour of Decision"
1951 - present: Recording artist with RCA and Word Records (more than 70 Albums of hymns, including nine CDs)
AWARDS AND HONORS
1956: Doctor of Fine Arts, Houghton College, Houghton, New York
1965: Grammy Award, sacred category, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, for album "Southland Favorites" with Anita Kerr Singers; Ten nominations
1972: Doctor of Sacred Music, Trinity College, Deerfield, Illinois
1978: Elected to Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame, Nashville
1996: Elected to Religious Broadcasting Hall of Fame (NRB)
1998: North Carolina Public Television produced his life story, "The Wonder of it All"
PUBLISHED WORKS
1968: "Then Sings My Soul," autobiography, Fleming Revell Company
1972: "Songs That Lift the Heart," about his favorite songs, Fleming Revell Company
1984: "Then Sings My Soul," Film Musical/Documentary, World Wide Pictures
2004: "How Sweet the Sound," Tyndale House Publishers
HOBBIES
Boating
CHILDREN
Ronald and Elaine
RESIDENCE
North Carolina