In this Book
- Let's Roll This Train: My Life in New Mexico Education, Business, and Politics
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: University of New Mexico Press
This inspiring memoir chronicles Lenton Malry’s journey from segregated Louisiana to a distinguished career in public service in New Mexico. Malry worked as a teacher on the Navajo Reservation, as a public school administrator in Albuquerque, and as a commissioner in Bernalillo County. He was also the first African American elected to the New Mexico state legislature and the first African American to earn a PhD in education from the University of New Mexico.
This inspiring memoir chronicles Lenton Malry’s journey from segregated Louisiana to a distinguished career in public service in New Mexico. Malry worked as a teacher on the Navajo Reservation, as a public school administrator in Albuquerque, and as a commissioner in Bernalillo County. He was also the first African American elected to the New Mexico state legislature and the first African American to earn a PhD in education from the University of New Mexico.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Chapter 1: The Early Years
- pp. 1-7
- Chapter 2: College
- pp. 8-13
- Chapter 6: Albuquerque
- pp. 35-44
- Chapter 9: WICHE
- pp. 59-63
- Chapter 13: Malry and Associates, 1987–1992
- pp. 101-105
- Chapter 14: State Government
- pp. 106-111
- Chapter 16: Motorola
- pp. 129-131
- Chapter 18: Bernalillo County
- pp. 136-144
- Chapter 19: Life after Retirement
- pp. 145-150
- Chapter 20: Looking Back, Looking Forward
- pp. 151-153
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2016