Henry Edward Malloy graduated from the Kansas
State Normal School in Emporia in 1896. He
taught in public schools in Emporia and Hutchinson
and joined the faculty at Bethany College in
Lindsborg in 1902. He joined the faculty at the Fort
Hays Normal School in 1914 and took a bachelor's
degree there in 1917. Thereafter he studied
privately in Chicago and in Berlin, Germany. While
at Hays, he directed the community chorus and
sponsored singing festivals at the college.