Paul Maloney ’30

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Paul died at home in Bryn Mawr, Pa., on May 14, 2001, of complications from diabetes. He was 93. He graduated from Friends Central School in Philadelphia in 1924 and studied at Phillips Academy in Andover. A history major, he was elected Phi Beta Kappa his junior year. He was a member of Dial Lodge. In 1993 he graduated from U. of Pennsylvania law school.

Paul clerked for a state supreme court justice before a career as a Philadelphia lawyer. He retired from the firm of Pepper Hamilton in 1975. During WWII he was a legal officer in the Navy's Office of General Counsel in Washington. During the 1960s in Philadelphia, he was president of the Citizens Crime Commission and the Landmarks Society. For years he served as a board member of Friends Central and received their Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Paul was an active skier, golfer, and hiker - activities he pursued into his late 80s. He spent summers at his family's Adirondack camp in Blue Mt. Lake. Paul attended our 70th reunion.

Surviving are his wife of 64 years, Virginia, son Clifton '60, daughter Virginia Lawrence, and four grandchildren, including Christina Paul Maloney '02.

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