Eugene Whitney Shellworth (April 2, 1912 – July 2, 1997) was the mayor of Boise, Idaho, from 1961 to 1966. Elected in May 1961 and re-elected in November 1963, he lost a runoff election to Jay Amyx in late 1965,^[2] and then worked in banking; he had previous business experience in lumber and heavy equipment sales.^[3]

Shellworth was a 1935 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. He played on the football team until a knee injury ended his playing career in his sophomore year.^[1] Shellworth served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Personal

Shellworth married Martha Buckley of Tacoma, Washington in 1937, and they settled in Boise following the war.^{[citation needed]} Their daughter Sandy is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and a 1968 Olympian.

His father, Harry Shellworth, was a page during the first state legislature following statehood in 1890, and later worked in the forest products industry.^[4]

References

External links

• City of Boise – Mayors of Boise, Past and Present
• Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series Archived 2012-05-15 at the Wayback Machine – Corrected List of Mayors, 1867–1996
• Boise Arts and History – Timeline – Mayors

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