| Eugene W. Shellworth | |
| Office: | Mayor of Boise, Idaho |
| Term Start: | May 1961 |
| Term End: | January 1966 |
| Predecessor: | Robert L. Day |
| Successor: | Jay S. Amyx |
| Birth Date: | 2 April 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Idaho |
| Death Place: | Boise, Idaho |
| Alma Mater: | U.S. Naval Academy, 1935[1] |
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.
Shellworth married Martha Buckley (1915 - 2005) of Tacoma, Washington in 1937, and they settled in Boise following the war. Their daughter Sandy (b. 1944) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer 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.[4]
Shellworth and his parents are buried in Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise.[5]