Neal Malicky

Neal Malicky (September 14, 1934 – November 22, 2024) was an American academic administrator served as the sixth president of Baldwin-Wallace College (now Baldwin Wallace University) in Berea, Ohio from 1981 to 1999.

[1] Originally part of Baldwin Institute, German Wallace College was established just down the road.

As a result of financial hardships the schools merged in 1913, forming Baldwin-Wallace College[2] Malicky's father, George, was a professional baseball player for the Philadelphia Athletics.

Malicky coined the new college motto, "Quality Education with a Personal Touch", and focused faculty to teach over publishing or scholarly work.

[1] Malicky was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1999, and named president emeritus and chancellor, an honor only bestowed to his predecessor, Alfred Bryan Bonds.

[1] During the 1990s BW acquired Bagley Hall which was originally owned by the Cleveland Browns and was used as the teams summer training facility.