University of Rochester
Athletic Hall of Fame
Malcolm Black
'52
At Rochester:
- Three varsity letters each for basketball and baseball
- Had a three-year record of 11-4 for the baseball team as a pitcher
- Called "…One of the best pitchers ever to perform for Rochester…" by Head Coach Lou Alexander, Sr.
- Hit .429 as a junior
- His senior year basketball team was 12-3, considered the finest of the decade
- Member of Sigma Chi
- Graduated in 1952 with a B.S. in Business Administration
Post-Graduate:
- Entered the U.S. Air Force in November, 1952 serving as an Information and Education Specialist from 1952-56
- Served in Korea in 1955
- Earned an M.S. in Business Administration with a minor in Insurance from Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 1957
- Associate, Blades & MacAulay Insurance Advisors, 1957-60
- Joined Kemper Insurance in 1960 - Assistant to Eastern Region Sales Manager, 1960-64; Manager of the Cleveland, OH Service Office from 1964-67; Sales Manager of Ohio Department, 1967-68; Branch Manager, 1968-70
- Also served as Executive Vice President of Richland Knox Mutual Insurance Co.
- Sales Manager and Assistant to Branch Manager for Southern California and Arizona, 1970-74
- Moved to Protection Mutual Insurance Co., 1974; District Manager, 1974-88; Senior Account Executive, 1988-93
- Retired August 1, 1993
