Christian Brothers University president killed in two-car crash

Published: 2008-05-05

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (CNS) -- The president of Christian Brothers University in Memphis died in a May 2 automobile accident in Louisiana. Christian Brother Vincent Malham, 73, also worked for nearly a decade at Bethlehem University in the Middle East and was its president for seven years. He was killed when his car crossed the center line as he drove southbound and collided head-on with a pickup shortly after 2 p.m. on a road near Clayton, La., southwest of Vicksburg, Miss., reported the Louisiana State Police. The two occupants of the pickup sustained minor injuries. A funeral Mass was to be celebrated at 10 a.m. May 12 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Memphis. "We are reeling," Willis H. Willey III, chairman of the university's board of trustees, told Catholic News Service May 5. "Vincent was a real gift from God for Christian Brothers University. He came at a real critical time in our history. In his very brief tenure he has done a remarkable job at pulling things together." Willey credited Brother Malham for spearheading the development of a master plan for the midtown Memphis campus. "He was a change agent at CBU," Willey said. "We fully intend to carry on what he planned."

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