The HistoryMakers video oral history with John Moore.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 58 min., 9 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2006.040
Subjects

Other author/creatorMoore, John, 1923 January 11- interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with John Moore
Portion of title John Moore
Abstract Civic leader and human resources executive John Edward Moore, Sr. was born on January 11, 1923 in Birmingham, Alabama. His family moved to Dayton, Ohio shortly after he was born. Moore graduated from Wilbur Wright High School in 1941. Moore was drafted by the U.S. Army in 1943 and served in the 2261st Quartermaster Trucking Company in Bangladesh during World War II. In 1946, he returned to the U.S., and was hired as a clerk at Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB). In 1955, he earned his B.S. degree from the University of Dayton in business administration, and pursued graduate studies at Ohio State University. In 1972, Moore became WPAFB's first African American chief of Civilian Personnel. He served the Dayton community on more than fifty boards and committees. In 2000, the $13 million John E. Moore, Sr. Technology Center was opened in his name on the campus of Sinclair Community College.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Dayton, Ohio 2006 March 18.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2006.040 HistoryMakers

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