Barbara Shook

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Barbara Ingalls Shook (born c. 1939 - died September 26, 2008) was the granddaughter of Robert Ingalls, Sr and a noted philanthropist, having expanded the Ingalls Foundation into the Barbara Ingalls Shook Foundation.

Shook underwent radical cancer surgery in 1969 and wore a prosthetic leg. She remained active, however; skiing, cycling and fishing. She was appointed by former president Ronald Reagan to sit on the National Cancer Advisory Board.

Shook's foundation supported the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Big Oak Ranch, the Jimmie Hale Mission, St Vincent's Birmingham, Baptist Medical Center Montclair, UAB Hospital and several local churches and religious organization.

Shook died in September 2008 and was buried at Elmwood Cemetery.

References

  • "Birmingham philanthropist Barbara Ingalls Shook dies at 69." (September 27, 2008) Birmingham News
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