Millard F. Malin

Millard Fillmore Malin Jr (October 25, 1891 – March 1975) was an American sculptor most noted for his statues of the Angel Moroni, such as the one on the Los Angeles Temple, and the Sugar House Monument. He traveled to New Zealand in 1909 and lived there for three years as a missionary. During his schooling, he worked with MacNeil on the Statue of Ezra Cornell at Cornell University. After completing his education, Malin returned to Utah, where he established a studio with Edward Anderson. The two collaborated on the Sugar House Monument, which was completed in 1930,

In 1934, he completed a bronze bust of Governor Henry H. Blood, now at Camp Williams. He then designed the oxen that hold up the baptismal font of the Bern Switzerland Temple and created additional sculptures for the temples in England and the New Zealand.

Malin taught sculpture at the Utah Art Center in the 1930s and 1940s, He was also a founding member of the Modern Artists of Utah and had at least one poem published in the LDS Church's periodical Improvement Era.

His childhood home, built by his father in 1889, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in July 1983.

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