Shelby William Storck (October 3, 1916 â€" April 5, 1969) was an
American newscaster, actor, writer, journalist, public relations
specialist, and motion picture and television producer-director. He
was a radio actor on The Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen and other
programs, and appeared in the feature films The Delinquents and The
Cool and the Crazy.A descendant of General Joseph O. Shelby, Shelby
Storck was born in Kansas City, Missouri and graduated from the
University of Kansas City, now the University of Missouri-Kansas City,
in 1937. Storck worked as a newscaster for the Kansas City Star and
its affiliated radio station WDAF from 1939 until he joined the Navy
in 1942. A Navy pilot, he rose to the rank of lieutenant before being
honorably discharged in 1945. Two of his years of service had been in
the Mediterranean theater, where he saw action during World War II.On
returning to Kansas City, Storck rejoined WDAF and again became a
newscaster but soon moved on to become a member of the staff of T. R.
Finn & Associates, a Kansas City company, as its publicity director.
He was assistant director of education and organization for the
Consumers Cooperative Association from 1947 to 1949 and was public
relations director and assistant manager of the North Kansas City
Development Company in 1949 and 1950. He was also a semi-professional
actor in local radio, television, civic theater, and in films made in
the Kansas City area. Storck's first wife, the former Barbara Marsh,
died of bulbar polio in 1950. He later established a Barbara Storck
Memorial award for poetry at the University of Kansas City in her
memory.
American newscaster, actor, writer, journalist, public relations
specialist, and motion picture and television producer-director. He
was a radio actor on The Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen and other
programs, and appeared in the feature films The Delinquents and The
Cool and the Crazy.A descendant of General Joseph O. Shelby, Shelby
Storck was born in Kansas City, Missouri and graduated from the
University of Kansas City, now the University of Missouri-Kansas City,
in 1937. Storck worked as a newscaster for the Kansas City Star and
its affiliated radio station WDAF from 1939 until he joined the Navy
in 1942. A Navy pilot, he rose to the rank of lieutenant before being
honorably discharged in 1945. Two of his years of service had been in
the Mediterranean theater, where he saw action during World War II.On
returning to Kansas City, Storck rejoined WDAF and again became a
newscaster but soon moved on to become a member of the staff of T. R.
Finn & Associates, a Kansas City company, as its publicity director.
He was assistant director of education and organization for the
Consumers Cooperative Association from 1947 to 1949 and was public
relations director and assistant manager of the North Kansas City
Development Company in 1949 and 1950. He was also a semi-professional
actor in local radio, television, civic theater, and in films made in
the Kansas City area. Storck's first wife, the former Barbara Marsh,
died of bulbar polio in 1950. He later established a Barbara Storck
Memorial award for poetry at the University of Kansas City in her
memory.
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