William Andrew Shaw (1804-1884), a student from Raleigh, NC, was admitted to the Dialectic Society on August 26, 1818, and was elected president on March 14, 1821, three weeks before assuming the office. He served as Dialectic Society president through April 29, 1821. He graduated from the University in 1821, received an MA in 1831, and became a physician and Presbyterian minister.