Business Career
After graduating from Yale, Shevlin returned to Minneapolis where he operated a lumber business. Shevlin's father died in 1912 leaving an estate valued at $1.5 million to Shevlin and his two sisters. Shevlin and his sisters formed the Shevlin Company, a holding company for the family's lumber interests. Shevlin was successful in the lumber business and became president of 13 separate lumber companies and a director of two Minneapolis banks.
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