Malone, Ross L. (Ross Lynn), 1910-1974

An attorney and civic leader, Malone was born in 1910 in Roswell, New Mexico. An attorney and civic leader, Malone was born in 1910 in Roswell, New Mexico. He received a B.A. in law (1932) from Washington and Lee University. He established a private law practice in Roswell and formed the partnership of Atwood and Malone in 1937. His professional activities included: Deputy Attorney General of the United States for 1952-1953, 82nd president of the American Bar Association for 1958-1959, member of the second Hoover Commission on the Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government for 1953-1955, service on the President's Commission on Law Enforcement for 1965-1967, and vice-president and General Counsel of General Motors for 1967-1974. Malone died in 1974.

From the guide to the Rosser Lynn Malone, Jr. Papers S658. 2., 1918-1975 and undated, (Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University)

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