Marshall Houts
Marshall Houts was an American academic, attorney, and author. Educated at Brevard College and the University of Minnesota Law School, Houts authored 44 books and helped create the television series Quincy, M.E. He authored a book on the death of Sir Harry Oakes and a book on Dwight Eisenhower. He also served in the FBI, Office of Strategic Services, and CIA. He additionally served as a Municipal judge, married, and had seven children.
Earl Stanley Gardner dedicated his 63rd Perry Mason book, The Case of the Shapely Shadow, to Houts for the "outstanding work he is doing in the field of legal medicine."
