C. King Mallory

1936 - 2022

Charles King Mallory III of Washington, DC. Charles King Mallory III, known as King, died in Washington, DC, January 18, at the age of 85. He had Parkinson's Disease and his death was due to injuries from a fall on January 10. Born November 16, 1936 in Norfolk, Virginia, he was the son of then-deceased Navy flight lieutenant Charles King Mallory Jr., of Washington, DC and Dorothy Pratt Williams of New Orleans, LA. King spent his childhood in New Orleans, attending Isadore Newman School, and in New York City, attending St. Bernard's School. He graduated from St. Mark's School in Southborough, MA, receiving various awards. He later served as chairman of the school's alumni association, on its board of trustees, and was given its Distinguished Alumnus award. He graduated in 1958 from Yale University where he received honors, was an editor of the Yale Daily News, and rowed on the crew. He then attended the Tulane University School of Law where he was a member of the Tulane Law Review. He went into the U.S. Navy in September of 1961, serving on Midway Island as the legal, discipline officer. (In an incredible, small-world coincidence his commanding officer there had been a seaman deuce marching to morning quarters at the Norfolk Naval Air Station in June of 1936 and watched King's father's plane crash and burn). His ultimate duty station was at the Twelfth Naval District legal office in San Francisco, where he studied for, and was admitted to, the California Bar. He returned to New Orleans in 1965 to join the Monroe & Lemann law firm, where he had worked for two summers as a law clerk, becoming a partner. In early 1972 he moved to Washington to work at the Securities & Exchange Commission, as acting Executive Director under Chairman William J. Casey, Jr. In 1973 he was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior for Power Resources & Regulation and in the following year was appointed as acting Assistant Secretary for Energy & Minerals. He was the recipient of the Interior Department's Outstanding Service Award, its highest for non-career officials. He returned again to New Orleans in 1975 to serve as Vice President for Public Affairs and General Counsel of the Middle South Utilities system (now Entergy Corp.) In 1979, he moved back to Washington as a partner in the DC office of Hunton & Williams LLP, (now Hunton Andrews Kurth) where he practiced federal government relations, energy and environmental law until retiring in 2017. A large part of his early Washington law practice involved the full-power licensing and ultimate low-power operation of the Shoreham nuclear power station on Long Island, NY. During this time, he also was a member of the cold-war-era Committee on the Present Danger. He was a member of the Chevy Chase Club, the Metropolitan Club, and the Monterey Country Club. During his residency in New Orleans, he was a member of the Boston Club and of several Carnival Krewes. He was an avid golfer (playing in the same foursome for some 25 years) and achieving every golfer's dream when he hit a hole-in-one on the 3rd hole of the Monterey Country Club golf course (where Eisenhower would play when visiting Camp David). He was a voracious reader (and reciter of poetry and limericks), a bird hunter (and watcher) and a gardener. He is survived by Penny (nee Florence Beale Marshall), his wife for over 40 years, their son, Richard Coke Marshall Mallory (Sarah Hall) and by three children from his prior marriage to Linda Monroe, Charles King Mallory IV, Raburn Monroe Mallory (Lisa Dunbar) and Anne Yeardley Mallory, and grandsons Logan, Harrison and Hendrix, and granddaughters Claire and Julia, along with numerous cousins, nieces and nephews (many of whom referred to him by the nickname "Duck" for DearUncleCousinKing and for the quacking duck sound he loved to make to the children). A Memorial Service will be held at a future date. Donations in King's memory may be made to the Marshall-Wythe School of Law Foundation earmarked for the Anne Wythe Mallory Scholarship, William & Mary Law School, P.O. Box 3527, Williamsburg, VA 23187 or online at impact.wm.edu/wmarshallmallory.