Editing Andrew Shue (section)

==Early life==
Shue was born in [[Wilmington, Delaware]]. His mother, Anne Brewster ([[married and maiden names|née]] Wells; born 1938), is a bank executive who was the vice president of the private division of the [[Chemical Bank]] Corporation. His father, James William Shue (born 1936 – died May 24, 2013), was a lawyer and [[real estate]] developer who was the president of the International Food and Beverage Corporation and was active in [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] politics, having once unsuccessfully run for the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] in [[New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/61/Elisabeth-Shue.html |title=Elisabeth Shue Biography (1963–) |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=August 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/04/style/weddings-jody-buonanno-john-m-shue.html | work=The New York Times | title=WEDDINGS;Jody Buonanno, John M. Shue | date=June 4, 1995}}</ref> His mother was a descendant of [[Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)|Pilgrim]] leader [[William Brewster (pilgrim)|William Brewster]] and his father was of [[German American|German]] ancestry, from [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name=ebo>{{Cite news|last=Carr|first=Jay|title=Elisabeth Shue commutes from academe to Tinseltown|publisher=Boston Globe|date=May 26, 1991|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/59205799.html?dids=59205799:59205799&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+26%2C+1991&author=Jay+Carr%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Elisabeth+Shue+commutes+from+academe+to+Tinseltown&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103092710/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/59205799.html?dids=59205799:59205799&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+26,+1991&author=Jay+Carr,+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Elisabeth+Shue+commutes+from+academe+to+Tinseltown&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 3, 2012|access-date=July 26, 2010}}</ref><ref name=reg>{{Cite news|last=Rader|first=Dotson|title=Let Yourself Feel It All|publisher=Lakeland Ledger|date=November 23, 1997|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WZssAAAAIBAJ&pg=3132,6843315&dq=the-lave-he-badness&hl=en|access-date=July 26, 2010}}</ref>

Shue's sister [[Elisabeth Shue|Elisabeth]] is an actress; in three of his early uncredited film appearances, he appeared with her in ''[[The Karate Kid (1984 film)|The Karate Kid]]'', ''[[Cocktail (1988 film)|Cocktail]]'' and ''[[Adventures in Babysitting]]''.

Shue attended [[Columbia High School (New Jersey)|Columbia High School]] in [[Maplewood, New Jersey]]. Along with his sister, he was inducted into the CHS Hall of fame in 1994.<ref>[http://www.somsd.k12.nj.us/~chslib/history/hall_of_fame.htm Hall of Fame] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012082359/http://www.somsd.k12.nj.us/~chslib/history/hall_of_fame.htm |date=October 12, 2007 }}</ref> At [[Dartmouth College]], Shue was a Regional All America soccer player and spent a winter studying and playing soccer in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] for [[Queen's Park FC]]. Shue received his B.A. in history from Dartmouth in 1989. After graduating, he visited [[Zimbabwe]], where he simultaneously played soccer and taught high school math at [[Founders High School]].