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Maley, Jr., Leonard Alvin
Leonard Alvin Maley, Jr.
January 9, 1939 – April 5, 2024.
Leonard A Maley, Jr. of Fairport, NY passed away on April 5, 2024. He was born in Iowa on January 9, 1939 to the late Leonard and Cleo Maley. He moved to Modesto, CA at age 13 where he went on to graduate from the California Institute of Technology in 1960’s. He earned Masters degrees from the University of Cincinnati, the Rochester institute of Technology, and the University of Rochester where he would meet his wife Jean.
Len began his tenure at Nazareth College in 1967 as a member of the Nazareth faculty, retiring in 2005. He was the first women’s basketball coach at Nazareth and was involved with the program for many years even into retirement.
Len is survived by his son, Dave (Jessica) of Wimauma, FL. Calling Hours will be held Sunday, April 14 from noon to 2 PM at the Richard H. Keenan Funeral Home(Egypt Location) in Fairport New York.
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11 responses to “Maley, Jr., Leonard Alvin”
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A devoted husband and father who was a gentle and humble man who loved nature and caring for his flowers. A neighbor for 40 years who never once gave occasion or cause for discomfort to the relationship even while sharing a property line. That is unusual, but so was he. He was also heavily invested in the education and development of his students on both a professional and personal level. Deepest condolences to David and Jessica whose loss is so much greater than mine.
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I am sorry for your loss. Your dad was such a kind man. When we all took to walking during Covid, there were good conversations at the end of our driveways. He will be missed.
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I am forever indebted to Len for hiring me to teach Economics and Money and Banking from 1979 to 1989 in Nazareth continuing Ed program. This program nurtured my love for teaching a subject I was devoted to. Len honored me yearly for letting me know I was the top rated instructor in the dept..May he rest in peace.
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Mr. Maley was my academic advisor and professor during the late 1970’s at Nazareth. He was kind and compassionate educator-his presence was a bright light in the Nazareth community. My condolences to his family.
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I knew Len through his wife and my colleague Jean (at St. John Fisher College). Len and Jean were a great couple. May he rest in peace.
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Mr. Maley was my advisor and professor when I was working on my Bachelor’s degree. He was a good friend and colleague to my brother, Gary Nothnalge. Their offices were in the same hallway. Both Mr. Maley and my brother were in attendance at the all the Nazareth Basketball games.
I’m so sorry for your loss. I lost Gary in 2015.
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Mr. Maley was very patient and had a good sense of humor. He helped me get through 1-2 wretched Math classes when I was a social work student @ Nazareth College from 1975-1979. (Hi Judy Anderson–same class!!) Not only that, but I was one of the basketball players that he coached in those early days when the “Student Union/Cabaret/Roost” used to be the gymnasium. It was the days before atheletic scholarships at Nazareth & we could barely scrape together a team. If it wasn’t for Mr. Maley, we wouldn’t have even had a team because there wasn’t much of an athletic department back then. My “partner in crime” (peer Mary Ellen Portman) & I had many a good times with Mr. Maley. We appreciated him as a teacher and coach!!!
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I won’t be able to make it to the calling hours tomorrow, but I want David to know how much I admired his father and the impact Mr. Maley had on my life. I was a student at Nazareth from 1974-1978. I enrolled as a Business Education major intending to teach secretarial skills or get a job as a secretary in a corporation. One day during my freshman year, Mr. Maley took me aside after my Economics 101 class. “I’ve been looking at your grades,” he said, “why aren’t you taking Business Management?” He wasn’t even my advisor at the time. The early 1970’s was an era of major change for women and careers, but it had never occurred to me that I could aspire to anything higher. To be honest, I wanted to change majors but was torn between my love for English literature and my desire to get a job in a tight market. Mr. Maley worked with Dr. Alec Sutherland and together they advised me in a tailored program (English major with the equivalent of a Business Management minor). Individualized BS programs are common now but much less so in the 1970’s. Under Mr. Maley’s guidance, I had the privilege of also taking classes at St. John Fisher from Dr. Jean Maley, who like her husband was a wonder teacher. A year after graduation, I got a job at Kodak. I spent a good 32 years there, retiring as the manager of worldwide e-learning. I know that if I had gone to a college with less caring professors, my working life would have been much diminished. I will always be grateful to Mr. Maley for encouraging and supporting me to be the best that I could be.
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I’m sorry to see that Coach Maley has passed, As Becky said above, Coach Maley supported many women in both Math class and on the basketball court! He cobbled together a rag-tag team of girls who wanted to play for the joy of it, not because there were scholarships. As another one of the “originals”, Coach had unwavering dedication towards the team. No gym? Hey-lets borrow someone else’s. Bus breaks down – get a bunch of the local parents to create a car pool. A few girls who had less than stellar skills on the court-teach them from the fundamentals. He even appreciated our end-of-season gift that accidentally had a misspelling in the engraving! He was one of a kind! Appreciate all he did.
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I graduated from Naz in 1981. Seeing the obituary took me back in time to when I took Statistics with Mr. Maley (and my father’s name was also Leonard!). I may have forgotten many things after all these years but I still recall what a fantastic and dynamic professor he was. My condolences for you loss. May his legacy be a comfort to your family.
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I didn’t know Mr.Daley personally, only from seeing him walk his trusted Collie for several years around our neighborhood. We would exchange pleasantries often and he would usually offer my dog Tahoe a treat when he’d see us. Just seemed like a very friendly down to earth man. His obituary and the comments prior seem to echo that sentiment. So sorry for your loss. My wife and I send our condolences to the Daley family .
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