Vernon Malone (December 20, 1931 – April 18, 2009) was a Democratic member of the

North Carolina General Assembly The North Carolina General Assembly is the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Government of North Carolina, State government of North Carolina. The legislature consists of two chambers: the North Carolina Senate, Senate and the North Ca ...

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

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, Malone was a graduate of

Shaw University Shaw University is a private Baptist historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. Founded on December 1, 1865, Shaw University is the oldest HBCU to begin offering courses in ...

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

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for the blind in Raleigh. Malone served as vice-chair of Shaw University's board of trustees, as well as a trustee for

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, the

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and Wake Education Partnership. He was also a director of Capital Bank, a community bank headquartered in Raleigh. He was an alumnus of

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fraternity. Malone died at his home in Raleigh on April 18, 2009.Sen. Vernon Malone dies at Raleigh home
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'', April 18, 2009 The Vernon Malone Career and College Academy, an application-based public school in the

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opened in 2014 and named for the former educator. The school focuses on

career and technical education Vocational education is education that prepares people to work as a technician or to take up employment in a skilled craft or trade as a tradesperson or artisan. Vocational Education can also be seen as that type of education given to an ind ...

(CTE).

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External links

North Carolina General Assembly - Senator Vernon Malone
official NC Senate website
Project Vote Smart - Senator Vernon Malone (NC)
profile *''Follow the Money'' - Vernon Malon
2008
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2004
http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=8881 2002] (campaign contributions) {{DEFAULTSORT:Malone, Vernon 1931 births 2009 deaths County commissioners in North Carolina Democratic Party North Carolina state senators Shaw University alumni 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American politicians 20th-century African-American politicians 21st-century African-American politicians People from Wake Forest, North Carolina