Council issues proclamation honoring educator Neil Malachy

The Baldwin City council read a proclamation honoring Neil Malachy and declared June 14, 2025, as Neil Malachy Day.

The proclamation referenced Malachy’s roots — born in Sour Lake, Texas and spending formative years in Baldwin City — and noted he graduated from Baldwin High School in 1951 and later attended Baker University, where he and his wife Margie graduated in 1956. The proclamation outlined his return to Baker University in 1969 as dean of the college and service as interim president in 1974, and it summarized a later career that included serving as president of Baldwin Wallace University from 1981 to 1999.

The chair read the proclamation and pronounced the city “remembers and honors the life and singular legacy of Neil Malachy” and celebrated his return to Baldwin City as his final resting place. The proclamation text in the transcript contains some typographical errors (for example, a line that reads “Baltimore City, Kansas” appears to be a transcription error and has been corrected in this account to Baldwin City).