Dr. Gus Shively was the son of Dr. David M. Shively who together formed the medical firm of Shively & Shively. Dr. David Shively died just a year prior to his son. According to Gus’ obituary, he was in a “serious mental condition” at the time of his father’s death. He had been an “invalid for a greater part of the time” after his father’s death. He studied medicine at the Medical College of Indiana-University of Indianapolis and graduated in 1895. He earned his medical license in 1897.
