A beloved member of the UNL community and the Cline Williams Professor of Citizenship Law and Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, she was a light in the world. Incredibly kind, funny, and smart, Anna Shavers was a tireless advocate for inclusion and justice.
She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas where she later was a member of a small group of African American students selected to be the first to integrate Little Rock’s Hall High School. She went on to receive an M.S. in Business from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and her Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota. She was also active with the American Bar Association and was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Anna loved music, dancing, and movies. She also loved to travel. She was able to travel around the world and taught law classes in places such as Lithuania, Uganda and Cambridge, England. She always said that teaching law was her dream profession and she truly loved it. Anna was a wonderful, supportive, and loving mother and wife who brought joy to all who knew her.
She is survived by her husband Stanley Shavers; daughter Amber Shavers; sister Dollie Jones; sister-in-law Sammie Holmes; nieces and nephews.
A visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 25th from 5pm-7pm at Roper & Sons, 4300 O Street, Lincoln, NE.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held Thursday, January 27th at 5pm at the UNL Law College, East Campus, Lincoln, NE.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Anna Shavers Scholarship Fund at the University of Nebraska Foundation, 1010 Lincoln Mall, Lincoln, NE, 68508 or search for the fund at nufoundation.org.