Education
Shirley graduated from Sugar-Salem High School and earned his bachelor's degree in sociology from Ricks College (later accredited as Brigham Young University–Idaho). Shirley earned his master's degree in education administration from the University of Utah. From 1957-1963 Shirley was a teacher and then a principal in the Sugar-Salem School District. He returned to the University of Utah and completed his Ph.D. in higher education administration there in 1972. He then was a faculty member, dean of students, and vice president of Ricks College until his retirement in 2000.
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