Clifton Harlan Wells Maloney was an American businessman.
12 Facts About Clifton Maloney
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Clifton Maloney was in the United States Navy from 1960 to 1963, where he served on destroyers in the Pacific and rose to the rank of lieutenant.
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Clifton Maloney was a serious athlete and adventurer and a member of the Explorers Club, the Alpine Club, and the New York Yacht Club.
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Clifton Maloney was a lifelong runner who went on to complete the New York City Marathon twenty times, and in 2008 finished the race as the fastest American in his age group.
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Clifton Maloney was a director of Chromium Industries, Inc and the Wall Street Fund.
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Clifton Maloney was active in civic and social service organizations in Manhattan, serving on the boards of directors of Civitas and the New York Foundation for Senior Citizens, and served as the treasurer for his wife's campaigns.
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In 1976, Clifton Maloney married Carolyn Jane Bosher, who later was elected the United States representative for what is in parts of Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn.
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Clifton Maloney was an accomplished mountaineer who at the time of his death was believed to be the oldest American ever to summit an "Eight-thousander", one of the fourteen peaks in the world that are greater than 8,000 meters in altitude.
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Clifton Maloney climbed five of the "Seven Summits", the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents, including Denali in Alaska, Kilimanjaro in Africa, the Vinson Massif in Antarctica, Aconcagua in the Andes, and Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus.
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On September 24,2009, at the age of 71, Clifton Maloney summited the nearly 27,000-foot peak of Cho Oyu, the world's sixth-highest mountain, in Tibet.
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Clifton Maloney reached the summit of the "Turquoise Goddess", as the mountain is known, with the help of a sherpa and a guide, Marty Schmidt.
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Clifton Maloney then descended to Camp 2 at 23,000 feet.