Shurtleff, Miller F. (Miller Francis), 1913-1994

Shurtleff served as president of the Potomac Stake, and president of the Southeast Asia Mission and Singapore Mission, 1972-1975.

From the guide to the MS 25519 Miller F. Shurtleff interviews and mission papers 1968-1992 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library)

President of the Southeast Asia Mission of the Mormon Church.

From the description of Correspondence and newspaper articles, 1972-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122322767

Miller F. Shurtleff (1913-1994) was born and raised near Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1938 he joined the Department of Agriculture, in which he held a variety of clerical and administrative positions. In 1954 he transferred to the immediate office of the Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra Taft Benson, where he served as an administrative assistant. In 1957 he became Benson’s Executive Assistant. In this position he managed the staff of Benson’s office and served as liaison with the cabinet secretariat at the White House. He also helped manage Benson’s correspondence, speaking engagements and foreign trips. In 1961, at the end of the Eisenhower administration, Shurtleff transferred to the National Science Foundation (NSF). From 1962 to 1967 he served as executive assistant to the Director of the Mohole Project, a geological research project to drill a hole through the crust of the earth into the mantle. Congress cancelled the project in 1967 and Shurtleff joined the NSF liaison staff in the U.S. Embassy in India, where he spent two years (1967-1969) helping channel U.S. aid to various Indian educational and scientific programs. Shurtleff retired from government service in 1970 but spent the next several years as a private contractor developing various personnel training programs for government agencies. These included a study of printing and reproduction services in the Treasury Department in 1971 and a study of management training in the Economic Research Service during 1976-1978.

From the description of Shurtleff, Miller F. (Miller Francis), 1913-1994 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10611833