Biography of patrick murphy malin

American activist

Patrick Murphy Malin ( &#; December 13, ) was an American activist and administrator who followed Roger Nash Baldwin as the second Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Early life

Malin was born in Joplin, Missouri in , the son of a banker.^[1] He entered the family business at age ten, and was expected to eventually become president of the bank.

However, Woodrow Wilson's World War I speeches gave him a desire to travel and get a government job.

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He attended the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, graduating as valedictorian in ^[1]

Career

From to , Malin served as private secretary to International YMCA director Sherwood Eddy.

While on his first trip abroad, he met Caroline Biddle. The two would wait four years, allowing Biddle to graduate from college, before they married.^[1] In , Malin joined the economics faculty at Swarthmore College, where he would remain for twenty ye