Benjamin J. Malcolm, 81, whose career in New York City, New York State and US correctional services spanned a half century, died May 25. Below appears brief biographical information. More about Benjamin J. Malcolm's role in New York correction history as well as photos taken during his career can be accessed from the home page of the New York Correction History Society: http://www.correctionhistory.org <A HREF="http://www.correctionhistory.org/">NYCHS</A> A native of Philadelphia, a graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, and a World War II veteran, he started as a New York City Parole Commission officer and advanced through the ranks during the ten years that followed. When the NYC parole panel was phased out in the mid-1960s, its officers entered state parole service. In 1970, Benjamin Malcolm received his master's degree in public administration from New York University. On Dec. 14 that same year, Mayor Lindsay appointed him Deputy Commissioner to Correction Commissioner George McGrath. On Jan. 24, 1972, the Mayor named Malcolm as Commissioner. He thus became the first African-American to head the municipal jail agency. He served until Nov. 19, 1977, when he stepped down to accept appointment by President Jimmy Carter to the US Parole Commission. In 1984, when Malcolm's term as a US Parole Commissioner expired, New York Governor Mario Cuomo offered him chairmanship of the State Parole Board but he declined, deciding instead to launch a private research company, Parole Services of America, to provide inmates seeking parole with relevant comparative parole data. Commissioner Malcolm leaves his wife, two daughters and two granddaughters, three sisters, and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services were held 7 p.m., Thursday, May 31, at the St. Albans, Presbyterian Church, 190-04 119th Ave., Queens. Burial took place Saturday, June 2, in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Thomas C. McCarthy general secretary, New York Correction History Society http://www.correctionhistory.org [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] director of historical services Correction Academy New York City Department of Correction 66-26 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village, NY 11379 [log in to unmask] (718) 417-2315 (718) 4717-2326 fax