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Henry Newton Malony, Jr. finished his course of life on August 10. He leaves behind 3 sons, 8 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. A video memorial service is scheduled for September 12. More details will follow later. Newton grew up in the west end of Birmingham, Alabama. His father, Henry senior, was a contractor and constructed several building in the Birmingham area that can still be seen today. He died unexpectedly when young Newton was just 6 years old. Newton earned a National Methodist Youth Scholarship that allowed him to attend Birmingham-Southern College. Married a year after graduation, Newton worked in various jobs while Suzanna completed her senior year at BSC. Newton was later named a Distinguished Alumnus of Birmingham-Southern in 2013. Newton eventually earned a Master of Divinity degree from Yale University before answering a call to return to Alabama where Newton served as associate pastor in 3 small churches--1 not far from Suzanna’s parents’ home in Sylacauga, Alabama. He He earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Peabody College (now Vanderbilt University). He served his internship at Topeka (Kansas) Hospital and the Menninger Foundation, and for a tie was professor of psychology at Tennessee Wesleyan College. In 1969, Newton joined the developing staff at the then-new School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Dr. Malony invested 32 years and the remainder of his career at Fuller where he was the Director of Integration of Psychology and Theology before retiring in 2001. Newton and Suzanna were married in 1953. They enjoyed music (Newton played oboe in several community orchestras and Suzanna sang in church choirs), square dancing, cross-country skiing, mountains, and traveling. During a sabbatical year in Oxford, England--where Newton researched John Wesley for a future book--they traveled through Europe together.
