Albert Burton Moore

Background

Moore, Albert Burton was born on November 22, 1887 in Belk, Alabama, United States. Son of James David and Sarah Frances (Estes) Moore.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama, 1911, Master of Science, 1912. Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1915, Doctor of Philosophy magna cum laude, 1921, Doctor of Laws, University Alabama, 1942.

Career

Instructor in history Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1911-1914. Fellow in history University of Chicago, 1915-1917. Assistant professor of history Iowa State College Agriculture and Mechanics

Arts, 1919-1923, associate professor, 1923.

Professor of history, University of Alabama, since 1923, head department, 1923-1951, dean Graduate School, 1925-1958, dean emeritus, since 1958, faculty chairman athletics, 1941-1958. Executive director Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission, 1959-1965.

Achievements

• Albert Burton Moore has been listed as a noteworthy association executive. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member national committee Sponsors Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Observance. Member of national advisory council Civil War Centennial Commission. Member American Council Education, 1952-1954.

Member American, Alabama (president 1951), Southern (president 1942), history associations, Alabama Ednl.

Association, Conference Southern Graduate Deans (ores. 1936), American Academy Policy and Social Sciences, Sons of the American Revolution, Southern Association Land-Grant Colleges State Universities (vice president 1955-1956), Phi Sigma Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta, Kappa Delta Pi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta.

Clubs: Rotary, Tuscaloosa Country.

Connections

Married Ruby Myrick, February 21, 1918. Children: Jean Myrick, Joseph Burton.

Father:

James David Moore

Mother:

Sarah Frances (Estes) Moore

Spouse:

Ruby Myrick

Daughter Of Joseph Benjamin and Varina Tatum.. Her father fought at Shiloh, and even Gettysburg. the story of his regiment, the 24th Ala. infantry, company K "the Autauga Guards" is available in select Alabama newspapers, including the Montgomery Times, Autauga Citizen, and the Prattville Progress..he was the older brother of my gr-great grandfather G. A. Myrick.. who also served in the confederacy and mustered in the same regiment, as well two other myrick brothers: Capt. W. W. Myrick and Edward. D. Myrick.. The company being formed at Old Kingston, was publicly funded, and one major benifactor being the father of these Myrick Brothers :George A. Myrick Sr. After the war the myrick's went back to farming and milling, and most maintained political activity within the counties of autauga and elmore, as well as establishing voting houses, schools and churches during reconstruction.. Joseph, although hit hard by the ravages of wartime, maintained a sense of normalcy by keeping bees, and his prize honey was once the talk of the Autauga, Elmore, and montgomery , tri-county area..Dr. Moore wrote a three volume set on history of the State of Alabama, in which he devoted to wife Ruby.. Many of his depictions of early pioneer life in alabama, can be alleged to passed down information from ruby's maternal family, as that family can be traced to the state before statehood of Alabama itself!

child:

Jean Myrick Moore

child:

Joseph Burton Moore