[3] Sheran graduated from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis in 1932, then attended St. Thomas College in Saint Paul, receiving his B.A.

[2] He worked as a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1942 to 1945, guarding the secrets of the Manhattan Project.

[4] Sheran resigned from the court in 1970, in part because he was unable to pay his children's college tuition on a justice's $20,000 salary.

In 2007, Sheran was named by Minnesota Law and Politics magazine as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in the history of the state.

[3] Sheran's daughter, Kathy, was a Minnesota state senator, representing District 23, which includes portions of Blue Earth, Nicollet and Sibley counties.