Norman D. Shumway

Shumway was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor in the fall of 2022. He died on the morning of November 1, 2022, at the age of 88.

In October 2009, Shumway published his 570-page autobiography, Times and Seasons of Norman D. Shumway. He later was the major compiler of Pioneer Life in Shumway, Arizona.

Shumway won reelection five times but chose not to seek re-election in 1990. A post office building in Stockton was named for him.

President George H. W. Bush appointed Shumway to the Board of Directors of Legal Services Corporation. He has also served on the boards of U.S. English, Goodwill Industries of America and Omniplex, Ltd. He was a member of the Board of Visitors of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University from 1989 to 1991. He has served on the board of trustees of the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy and was a member of the Sons of Utah Pioneers. Boy Scouts of America and numerous volunteer associations have honored him. Following his years of service to his church, he became a member of the President's National Advisory Board at Utah Valley University and was president (2014 to 2018) of Mikuni International College in Yuzawa, Niigata Ken, Japan.

On November 7, 1978, Shumway won the election and became a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for California's 14th congressional district. Shumway defeated John J. McFall and George Darold Waldron with 53.39% of the votes.

In 1974, Shumway was appointed by Governor Ronald Reagan to the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors. Shumway was elected to the Board in 1974 and in 1978. He was Vice chairman of the board in 1977 and chairman in 1978.

In 1960, Shumway married Luana Schow. They have six children. Shumway and his family lived in Bountiful, Utah.

In 1954, Shumway earned an Associate of Arts degree from Stockton College. In 1960, Shumway earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from University of Utah. In 1963, Shumway earned a J.D. degree from University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Shumway has been active as a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as a missionary to Japan from 1954 to 1958, and as a bishop of the church from 1969 to 1974. He has been a seminary instructor, high priest group leader, gospel doctrine teacher, ward organist, high councilman and a counselor in a stake presidency. From 1996 to 1999 he was president of the Japan Hiroshima Mission. In 2000–2001 he was the Public Affairs Director for the Asia North Area, stationed in Tokyo. He and his wife were Hosting Directors for the First Presidency of the Church from 2002 through 2005. From 2006 to 2008 they served as Church representatives to the United Nations in New York City. They served in the Boston Massachusetts Mission from 2010 to 2012, where they were proselyting and leadership support missionaries. Shumway served as first counselor in the Lynnfield Ward ward bishopric while a missionary and his wife taught early morning seminary. During 2013 and 2014, the Shumways served a mission in the Japan Tokyo Temple.

Norman David Shumway (July 28, 1934 – November 1, 2022) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991.

Shumway was born on July 28, 1934, in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1952, Shumway graduated from Stockton High School in Stockton, California.