Millard Malin was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1891.  He was a prominent sculptor whose style was primarily realistic.  He died in Salt Lake City in 1974.
Malin began his study at the University of Utah where he met lifetime friend and future associate, Edward Anderson,  in 1912.  Malin was a student of Edwin Evans from 1914 to 1915.  In 1917, he studied under Herman McNeil at the National Academy of Design.  Malin later worked with Gutzon Borglum as an assistant on the Stone Mountain project in Georgia.  Malin returned to Salt Lake City in the mid-1920s where he opened a studio with Anderson, who was an architect for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  They collaborated on The Sugarhouse Pioneer Monument which was completed in 1930.  Malin also sculpted pieces for the temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Los Angeles, Switzerland, England, and New Zealand.

Malin taught at the Utah Art Center from 1939 to 1940.  Additionally, he, Calvin Fletcher and several other artists formed the Modern Artists of Utah. 

Biographical information on this page was adapted from Artists of Utah.