Born in
Feilding on 29 November 1933, Malcolm was educated at
Feilding Agricultural High School. He went on to study at
Wellington Teachers' College and
Victoria University College, graduating
Master of Arts with first-class honours in 1957. He won a Shirtcliffe Fellowship, which enabled him to take parts II and III of the
Mathematical Tripos, specialising in algebra and topology, at the
University of Cambridge. In 1985, Malcolm moved to the University of Waikato to take up the vice-chancellorship, serving in that role until 1994. Malcolm was awarded the
New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal in 1990. In the
1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a
Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to tertiary education. The following year, he was conferred with an honorary doctorate by the University of Waikato. The Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research at Waikato was named in his honour in 2002, in recognition of his contribution to education. Malcolm died in Auckland on 6 October 2018. ==References==