| Vernon Malone | |
| State Senate: | North Carolina |
| State: | North Carolina |
| District: | 14th |
| Term Start: | January 1, 2003 |
| Term End: | April 18, 2009 |
| Preceded: | Constituency established |
| Succeeded: | Dan Blue[1] |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Birth Date: | 20 December 1931 |
| Birth Place: | Wake Forest, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Shaw University |
| Spouse: | Susan |
| Residence: | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Occupation: | School Administrator |
Vernon Malone (December 20, 1931 - April 18, 2009) was a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fourteenth Senate district from 2003 until his death in 2009. His district included constituents in Wake County. A retired teacher and educational administrator from Raleigh, Malone was a graduate of Shaw University and held public offices in Wake County for over three decades.
Malone was born in Wake Forest on December 20, 1931.[2]
As school board chairman, he presided over the merger of Raleigh city schools and Wake County public schools in 1976. He served as a Wake County commissioner from 1980 until his election to the Senate in 2002.
In the Senate, Malone continued to work in education. He was co-chairman of the Senate's higher education committee and appropriations committee for higher education.
Outside of public office, Malone worked as a classroom teacher and as a school administrator before becoming superintendent of the Governor Morehead School for the blind in Raleigh.
Malone served as vice-chair of Shaw University's board of trustees, as well as a trustee for North Carolina State University, the North Carolina Museum of Art and Wake Education Partnership. He was also a director of Capital Bank, a community bank headquartered in Raleigh.
He was an alumnus of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Malone died at his home in Raleigh on April 18, 2009.[3]
The Vernon Malone Career and College Academy, an application-based public school in the Wake County Public School System opened in 2014 and named for the former educator. The school focuses on career and technical education (CTE).