Mark Shelton | |
State House: | Texas |
District: | 97th |
Term Start: | January 13, 2009 |
Term End: | January 8, 2013 |
Preceded: | Dan Barrett |
Succeeded: | Craig Goldman |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | 8 November 1956 |
Occupation: | Pediatrician |
Residence: | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
Spouse: | Mary Ann Shelton |
Children: | 4 |
Education: | Baylor University Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine |
Mark McGregor Shelton (born November 8, 1956) is an American physician working as a pediatrician at the Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. He previously served as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives.[1] From 2009 to 2013, he represented House District 97 in Tarrant County.[2] He is a graduate of Arlington's Lamar High School, and received a BS from Baylor University.[3] Shelton completed his medical studies at the Texas A&M University College of Medicine.[3]
Shelton grew up in Arlington, Texas.[3] Part of a family of Scouters,[4] he earned the rank of Eagle Scout.[1]
Shelton has served as the director of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Program at the Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, since 1988.[5]
He has been involved in the community. He has served as a volunteer with the Longhorn Council of the Boy Scouts, the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth,[3] and board member of the Lena Pope Home.[6]