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[[Baylor University]] ([[Waco, Texas|Waco]])<br>​

[[Baylor University]] ([[Waco, Texas|Waco]])<br>​

[[Texas A&M University]] Health Science Center College of Medicine ([[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]])

[[Texas A&M University]] College of Medicine ([[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]])

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'''Mark McGregor Shelton''' (born November 8, 1956), is a [[pediatrician]] at the Cook Children's Medical Center in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative. From 2009 to 2013, he represented House District 97 in Tarrant County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5663&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=~gender=~last=Shelton~leaderNote=~leg=~party=Republican~roleDesc=~Committee=

'''Mark McGregor Shelton''' (born November 8, 1956), is a [[pediatrician]] at the Cook Children's Medical Center in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative. From 2009 to 2013, he represented House District 97 in Tarrant County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5663&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=~gender=~last=Shelton~leaderNote=~leg=~party=Republican~roleDesc=~Committee=

==Background==

==Background==

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Shelton's place of birth is not available. The website intelius.com reports that he formerly lived in Edmond near [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Mark&qmi=M&qn=Shelton&qcs=Fort+Worth%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Mark McGregor Shelton|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=May 30, 2020}}</ref> He was reared in Arlington in Tarrant County and graduated in 1974 from Mirabeau B. Lamar High School there.  In 1979, he received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from  [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas. In 1983, he received his [[M.D.]] from the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine in [[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]].<ref name=ttribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/mark-shelton/#ui-tabs-1|title=Mark Shelton|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|accessdate=March 30, 2014}}</ref>​​

Shelton's place of birth is not available. The website intelius.com reports that he formerly lived in Edmond near [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Mark&qmi=M&qn=Shelton&qcs=Fort+Worth%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Mark McGregor Shelton|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=May 30, 2020}}</ref> He was reared in Arlington in Tarrant County and graduated in 1974 from Mirabeau B. Lamar High School there.  In 1979, he received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from  [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas. In 1983, he received his [[M.D.]] from the Texas A&M College of Medicine in [[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]].<ref name=ttribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/mark-shelton/#ui-tabs-1|title=Mark Shelton|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|accessdate=March 30, 2014}}</ref>​​

Since 1988, Shelton has been the director of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Program at the Cook Medical Center. He specializes in the control of infectious diseases and has directed the pediatric [[AIDS]] unit. He is active in community affairs, including the [[Boy Scouts]], having himself been an [[Eagle Scout]]. He has raised funds for Ronald McDonald House Charities and the Lena Pope Home, an orphanage in Fort Worth.<ref name=ttribune/>​

Since 1988, Shelton has been the director of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Program at the Cook Medical Center. He specializes in the control of infectious diseases and has directed the pediatric [[AIDS]] unit. He is active in community affairs, including the [[Boy Scouts]], having himself been an [[Eagle Scout]]. He has raised funds for Ronald McDonald House Charities and the Lena Pope Home, an orphanage in Fort Worth.<ref name=ttribune/>​