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<p><em>Thomas Conrad “Tommy” Malloy</em>, the fourth of five children to Phyllis Wallace and Conrad Malloy, was born in Sterling, VA. Tommy played competitive sports from an early age, but his strength and athletics skills truly became apparent in high school. At 6-foot, 4-inches, he joked he was 240 pounds of “twisted steel and sex appeal.”</p>
<p>In high school, Tommy lettered all four years in football, basketball, and track. His senior year, he was state champion in shot put, first team All-District in basketball, and second team All-District in football. His portrait hangs in the Broad Run High School Athletics Hall of Fame. </p>
<p>Growing up, Tommy served as a bouncer at his family’s restaurant and consumed copious amounts of pizza and sandwiches. Although physically imposing, he was known for his laid-back, jocular personality; his big laugh; and sharp wit. He was always ready with encouragement and inspiration, especially among siblings: Kathy, Kelly, Jeanie, and Bill.</p>
<p>Tom made the varsity West Point Football Team as a plebe. He played defensive end in what were some of West Point’s best seasons, which included trips to the Cherry Bowl in 1984 and the Peach Bowl in 1985. His nickname, “Alloy,” reflected his inspiration on the gridiron and the many elements of his personality. The fun-loving, caring friend would wreak havoc on an opposing team; he would be the first one to extend a hand to the competitor after laying them out with a brutal tackle. He held nothing back, and those who knew and loved him truly appreciated his friendship. Being with Alloy was like having your bigger, stronger, funnier brother always there.</p>
<p>As noted in the <em>Howitzer </em>yearbook, “It was always an adventure around Tom, from the dayroom championship wrestling finals to many road trips across the Northeast…as imposing off the gridiron as he was on it, not only in size but in personality. His unique sense of humor kept everyone laughing. As he [said], ‘Too many chefs, gather no moss.’”</p>
<p>Upon graduation, Tommy was commissioned in the Infantry. He attended Airborne School, where his sense of humor ended him in the gig pit many times; he encouraged one of the “Black Hats” to try to keep up during a morning physical training run. Staff at the Infantry Officer Basic Course, however, identified a genetic night-blindness condition that forced a medical discharge. With a degree in civil engineering, he turned his love of building things into a career and lifelong pursuit. </p>
<p>In search of new opportunities, Tommy moved to the West Coast, where he met the love of his life, Geraldine. They married in 1994 and had three daughters who Tommy deeply adored: Claire in 1994, Julie in 1997, and Katie in 1999.</p>
<p>Tommy’s passion for building spanned multiple projects, from multiple complex clean rooms in Silicon Valley to medical buildings, hospitals and surgery centers to office buildings and cutting-edge biotech labs. He supervised the construction of a quarter-mile addition to the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the extreme Invertigo and Stealth roller coasters at Great American Theme Park (his daughters thought he built these for them), and the first-of-its-kind professional bike racing wind tunnel designed and built from scratch. Tommy got enormous satisfaction from working on so many diverse and complex projects. </p>
<p>Tommy was a member of several professional and community organizations, including U.S. Green Building Council, International Facility Management Association, Urban Land Institute Steering Committee, CoreNet, Toastmaster, and the West Point Society of Silicon Valley and later of Los Angeles. He was instrumental in forming, then leading as its president, the Veterans Association for Human Rights, which helps veterans in Los Angeles and throughout the state. He was a proud silver meritorious member of the International Association of Scientologists. </p>
<p>Above all, Tommy wanted to help others. His focus was his family and friends but also his community near and far. He was a huge supporter of a project with the Colombian National Police Force to distribute a secular common sense moral code booklet, The Way to Happiness, to three million people in Colombia. Senior members of the force credited the program with significantly reducing crime in the country.</p>
<p>In 2015, Tommy responded to a devastating earthquake in Nepal, traveling with the Volunteer Ministers, Mexico’s famed Los Topos, and the National Circle of Aid Technicians of Colombia. He worked to rebuild schools in villages completely decimated by the disaster, giving locals both a reason and the ability to return and rebuild their lives.</p>
<p>Being a father was his most important adventure, however. Tommy loved being a dad to three girls. He created a fairytale childhood for them, full of bedtime stories for which he was always the handsome prince. He built playhouses with the same care he spent on his big projects. He believed in true love, happiness, spirituality, and the ability to always laugh, and he saw to it that his family had all those things in spades. He loved Geraldine more each day, and the 30-plus years they spent together were full of happiness.</p>
<p>A huge hole was left in the hearts of all who loved Thomas C. Malloy when he passed away on January 12, 2024. He leaves behind a legacy of joy, laughter, countless adventures, and a family he deeply loved. </p>
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