Eugene Whitney Shellworth (April 2, 1912 – July 2, 1997) was the

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, 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, and then worked in banking; he had previous business experience in lumber and heavy equipment sales. Shellworth was a 1935 graduate of the

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. He played on the

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until a knee injury ended his playing career in his sophomore year. Shellworth served in the

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during

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Personal

Shellworth married Martha Buckley (1915–2005) of

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in 1937, and they settled in Boise following the war. Their daughter

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(b. 1944) is a former

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and a 1968 Olympian. His father, Harry Shellworth (1877–1973), was a page during the first state legislature following statehood in 1890, and later worked in the forest products industry. Shellworth and his parents are buried in Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise.

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City of Boise
– Mayors of Boise, Past and Present
Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series
– Corrected List of Mayors, 1867–1996
Boise Arts and History
– Timeline – Mayors 20th-century mayors of places in Idaho Mayors of Boise, Idaho 1912 births 1997 deaths United States Navy personnel of World War II United States Naval Academy alumni {{Idaho-mayor-stub