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American politician from North Carolina
Vernon Malone
Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 14th district
In office
January 1, 2003 – April 18, 2009
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byDan Blue
Personal details
Born(1931-12-20)December 20, 1931
Wake Forest, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedApril 18, 2009(2009-04-18) (aged 77)
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseSusan
ResidenceRaleigh, North Carolina
Alma materShaw University
OccupationSchool Administrator

Vernon Malone (December 20, 1931 – April 18, 2009) was a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fourteenth Senate district from 2003 until his death in 2009. His district included constituents in Wake County. A retired teacher and educational administrator from Raleigh, Malone was a graduate of Shaw University and held public offices in Wake County for over three decades.

Malone was born in Wake Forest on December 20, 1931.

As school board chairman, he presided over the merger of Raleigh city schools and Wake County public schools in 1976. He served as a Wake County commissioner from 1980 until his election to the Senate in 2002.

In the Senate, Malone continued to work in education. He was co-chairman of the Senate's higher education committee and appropriations committee for higher education.

Outside of public office, Malone worked as a classroom teacher and as a school administrator before becoming superintendent of the Governor Morehead School for the blind in Raleigh.

Malone served as vice-chair of Shaw University's board of trustees, as well as a trustee for North Carolina State University, the North Carolina Museum of Art and Wake Education Partnership. He was also a director of Capital Bank, a community bank headquartered in Raleigh.

He was an alumnus of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

Malone died at his home in Raleigh on April 18, 2009.

The Vernon Malone Career and College Academy, an application-based public school in the Wake County Public School System opened in 2014 and named for the former educator. The school focuses on career and technical education (CTE).

References

  1. News & Observer: Blue to serve out Malone's Senate term
  2. "Capwiz is Unavailable".
  3. Sen. Vernon Malone dies at Raleigh home, WRAL-TV, April 18, 2009

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North Carolina Senate
Preceded byBrad Miller
Eric Miller Reeves 		Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 14th district
2003-2009 		Succeeded byDan Blue
Members of the North Carolina State Senate
156th General Assembly (2023–2024)
President of the Senate
Mark Robinson (R)
President pro tempore
Phil Berger (R)
Majority Leader
Paul Newton (R)
Minority Leader
Dan Blue (D)
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