Sheldon A. Vincenti Papers, 1960-2005

Sheldon Vincenti was born Sept. 4, 1938, in Ogden, Utah, to Arnold and Mae Vincenti. Following his childhood in Utah, he traveled to Boston, Mass., to attend Harvard, where he completed his undergraduate degree in 1960 and then went on to receive his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1963. In 1964 he married Elaine Wacker. They divorced in 1996 after raising their two children. Sheldon served in the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Branch, where he rose to the rank of captain. After the Army, he practiced law in Ogden for several years before becoming the legislative and administrative assistant to U.S. Congressman Gunn McKay in Washington, D.C. In 1973, Vincenti and his family moved to Moscow after he accepted a faculty position at the University of Idaho College of Law. He served the law school in many capacities over his nearly 30-year career there, including 12 years as dean. Vincenti passed away in 2010.