 | Lenton Malry, Ph.D. continues to thrive in public service after blazing new trails in the State of New Mexico and enjoying a long and distinguished career. As he says "it's all about making lives better." Dr. Malry received his Ph.D from the University of New Mexico, a Masters in Education from Texas College and a BS from Grambling State University. His career with the Albuquerque Public Schools included work as a teacher, human resources EEO Director, Director of Cultural Awareness, Counseling and Guidance Advisor and Principal at La Mesa Elementary and John Marshall Elementary Schools. Dr. Malry has been a part-time professor of political science at the University of New Mexico and is active in the UNM African American Studies Program. In 1969, Lenton was elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives where he served for 10 years. While in the legislature, Representative Malry initiated legislative funding for full-day kindergarten in New Mexico. "The problem we have with education today is everybody is an expert," Malry said. "There's nothing wrong with public education. We had public education and we did OK, so don't let anyone tell you public education is broken."
In 1980, Dr. Malry was elected to the Bernalillo County Board of County Commissioners where he served until 1988, and was Chairman from 1983-1984 and 1987-1988. During the 90s, Dr. Malry was the president of Malry and Associates, a consultancy specializing in development, training and the identification of needs of performance monitoring, customer service surveys and general strategic improvement of operations. Former Commissioner Malry has returned to Bernalillo County government and approaches his job of Neighborhood Program Coordinator with the vitality and purpose of a new hire. It is an energy that has served him well. Dr. Malry was Albuquerque's first Negro school principal in 1964, the first black elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives (1968) and the first African American to be elected as Bernalillo County Commissioner (1980). | |
