Dr. Shaw was born in Westbury, New York, and became an academic vagabond on his way to obtaining his Ph.D. in Maths or Math, depending on whether you are in the former colony or not. He directed the improvisational theater troupe Half-Masted for twelve years, and does not regret it. He has appeared in a movie directed by Mason Greer, which is not in this database, because it was a student film and Mason Greer is now a great director, no longer a youth. He stretched himself as an actor by appearing in Without You, where he portrayed someone who got a Ph.D. in Maths (or Math) and was a director of improv. He is typing these words in your basement.