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<blockquote>'''Shely was a giant figure in Taylor County and a highly respected physician with wide influence in health care in the Lake Cumberland Area Development District.'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=39016|title=Obituary: Dr. Forest F. Shely, 86, Taylor Co., KY|publisher= ''Columbia Magazine''|location=Columbia, Kentucky|accessdate=June 30, 2011}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Shely was a giant figure in Taylor County and a highly respected physician with wide influence in health care in the Lake Cumberland Area Development District.'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=39016|title=Obituary: Dr. Forest F. Shely, 86, Taylor Co., KY|publisher= ''Columbia Magazine''|location=Columbia, Kentucky|accessdate=June 30, 2011}}</ref></blockquote>
In 1950, Shely established his initial practice in Louisa in Lawrence County in far eastern Kentucky. In 1963, he returned to Campbellsville, where he had begun college twelve years earlier, to open his medical practice, which he maintained there until his retirement in 1997.<ref name=assawards>{{cite web|url=http://www.campbellsville.edu/Websites/cu/Files/Content/740887/CVSummer03.pdf|author=Joan C. McKinney|title=Campbellsville University presents first Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards|publisher=Campbellsville University|accessdate=June 30, 2011}}</ref>
In 1950, Shely established his initial practice in Louisa in Lawrence County in far eastern Kentucky. In 1963, he returned to Campbellsville, where he had begun college twelve years earlier, to open his medical practice, which he maintained there until his retirement in 1997.<ref name=assawards>{{cite web|url=http://www.campbellsville.edu/Websites/cu/Files/Content/740887/CVSummer03.pdf|author=Joan C. McKinney|title=Campbellsville University presents first Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards|publisher=Campbellsville University|accessdate=October 16, 2019}}</ref>
Shely was the medical director of several area nursing homes and the first administrator of Taylor County Hospital. He served as chairman of both the Taylor County and Lake Cumberland district boards of health. He was a member of the Taylor County Mental Health Board, Taylor County Public Library Board, and the Campbellsville-Taylor County Rescue Advisory Board.<ref name=obit/>
Shely was the medical director of several area nursing homes and the first administrator of Taylor County Hospital. He served as chairman of both the Taylor County and Lake Cumberland district boards of health. He was a member of the Taylor County Mental Health Board, Taylor County Public Library Board, and the Campbellsville-Taylor County Rescue Advisory Board.<ref name=obit/>
==Civic leadership==
==Civic leadership==