Forrest H. Shuford

Forrest Herman Shuford (June 3, 1897 – May 19, 1954) was an American civil servant who served as North Carolina Commissioner of Labor from 1938 to 1954.

Early life Forrest Shuford was born on June 3, 1897, in Lawndale, North Carolina, United States

Shuford attended Berea College in Berea, Kentucky, for three years. Afterwards, he studied textiles for a year at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, before moving to New England to work at textile mills In 1944 he, at the direction of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, served as Advisor to American Governmental Delegates at an International Labour Organization conference in Philadelphia. In 1947 he served on the federal Bureau of Labor's Standards Safety Advisory Committee. Shuford died on May 19, 1954, at a hospital in Washington D. C. after being stricken by heart trouble while attending a conference on migrant labor.