Obituary: Bob Short, last principal of Shoreline High School

Robert A. “Bob” Short, who served as the last principal of Shoreline High School and then as principal of Shorewood, passed away this week at age 79.

 

Bob joined Shoreline Schools as a math teacher at Butler Junior High in 1961 and became an assistant principal at that school in 1967. He went on to serve as assistant principal at Cordell Hull, Shorecrest and Shoreline before becoming Shoreline HS principal in 1984.

When Shoreline HS closed in 1986, Bob became principal of Shorewood, retiring in 1990.

Bob and his wife Maureen were married in 1982, when both were assistant principals at Shoreline. When Bob retired as Shorewood principal, Maureen succeeded him.