Education
United States Naval Academy.
United States Naval Academy.
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 United States. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
He played on the football team until a knee injury ended his playing career in his sophomore year.
Shellworth served in the United States. Navy during World World War 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.