Reuben A. Shelton

First African-American BAMSL President - 1998

Reuben A. Shelton received his Bachelor of Science in Journalism from the University of Kansas, in 1977. He received his Juris

Doctor from St. Louis University School of Law in 1981. He also received a Masters in Business Administration from Washington

University in 1991. Mr. Shelton was a law clerk for the Honorable Clyde S. Cahill of the U.S. District Court from 1981 to 1983. Mr.

Shelton is currently the senior in-house counsel for the Monsanto Company.