Frank Shor, Dallas lawyer and Carrollton-Farmers Branch school board president, dies at 64

Frank Shor was a lawyer, coach, citizen environmentalist and current president of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school board.
"What was important to Frank was that you did the right thing," said his wife, Susan Shor of Farmers Branch. "It didn't really matter if it was his children, your own body or the environment or how you treated people, he just had strong feelings."
Shor, 64, died Tuesday of complications of acute myeloid leukemia at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home in Dallas, where a reception will follow.
Born in Springfield, Mass., Shor earned a bachelor's degree in 1974 from the University of Connecticut, where he played intramural sports.
In 1977, he earned his law degree from Southern Methodist University, where he helped start a women's basketball team and volunteered as its coach.
"It wasn't a paid position," his wife said. "He was in law school, but he absolutely loved it, and made lifelong friends."
Shor started a solo law practice in which he handled a variety of cases, including murder, but mostly practiced family law.
"His real interest was really trying to keep the family together," his wife said. "He actually advised people to go get a psychiatrist, therapist or counselor and then come back to him if it didn't work. Not everybody, but some people. He wanted to make sure the children were taken care of, primarily."

Shor twice ran unsuccessfully for the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school board before winning in 2007. He was re-elected to a fourth term in May.
Shor loved sports and played basketball until his knees objected. He started cycling and enjoyed riding the century route at the Hotter'N Hell Hundred each August in Wichita Falls, his wife said.
In 2006, Shor backed a movement to have people park their cars one day a week to help the environment.
"I'm a believer in a drop of rain in the desert is a positive thing," he said. "This is not a protest against anyone. It is a request for conduct by the rest of us."
Shor learned in July that leukemia had returned, his wife said.
"He had every intention of fulfilling every aspect," she said. "He was continuing to work on the school board. This last bout was unexpected. He was just sicker than we knew."
In addition to his wife, Shor is survived by three sons, Adam Shor and Matthew Shor, both of the San Francisco Bay area, and Elliott Shor of Denver; his mother, Sonya "Sunny" Shor of Dallas; a brother, Michael Shor of Boston; and sisters Margie Shor of Dallas and Jodi Wisk of Plainville, Conn.
Memorials may be made to Frank Shor Carrollton-Farmers Branch Scholarship at cfbgiving.com/give.