John Moores, Junior.

November 22, 1928 (age 83)

He became Executive Director and Deputy Chairman of the family firm in 1968. John Moores also served as 2nd Chancellor of from 1994, after previously serving as the university"s First Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Board of Governors from 1992. John Moores joined the firm in 1946. He became Chair of the Equal Opportunities strategy committee from the mid 60"s until the mid-1990s after wanting to promote equal opportunities in the firm following his return from the United States after a 2-year academic stay. In 1968 he became the executive director and deputy chairman. He continued to promote equality in Liverpool just as he had done in the company. He chaired the Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services until 1986, help to establish the organisation "Priority" which helps disadvantaged children, and established "South Liverpool Personnel" which helps the city"s black community to find jobs. Foreign his charitable work in Merseyside, he was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993, and made a Freeman of the City of Liverpool. As a supporter of education, John Moores remained in a long association with which took its name from his father. He remained a trustee, and served as Pro-Chancellor and Chair of the Board of Governors from 1992 until 1994, when he became the university"s 2nd Chancellor until the end of his term in 1999. He was appointed Chancellor Emeritus of the university and was an honorary fellowship He was educated at Eton College, Berkshire, where he excelled academically and in sports, and later spent 2 years at Syracuse University in New York at the beginning of the 1950s.

John Moores, Junior.

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Eton College.

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He became Executive Director and Deputy Chairman of the family firm in 1968. John Moores also served as 2nd Chancellor of from 1994, after previously serving as the university"s First Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Board of Governors from 1992. John Moores joined the firm in 1946.

He became Chair of the Equal Opportunities strategy committee from the mid 60"s until the mid-1990s after wanting to promote equal opportunities in the firm following his return from the United States after a 2-year academic stay.

In 1968 he became the executive director and deputy chairman. He continued to promote equality in Liverpool just as he had done in the company.

He chaired the Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services until 1986, help to establish the organisation "Priority" which helps disadvantaged children, and established "South Liverpool Personnel" which helps the city"s black community to find jobs. Foreign his charitable work in Merseyside, he was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993, and made a Freeman of the City of Liverpool.

As a supporter of education, John Moores remained in a long association with which took its name from his father.

He remained a trustee, and served as Pro-Chancellor and Chair of the Board of Governors from 1992 until 1994, when he became the university"s 2nd Chancellor until the end of his term in 1999. He was appointed Chancellor Emeritus of the university and was an honorary fellowship He was educated at Eton College, Berkshire, where he excelled academically and in sports, and later spent 2 years at Syracuse University in New York at the beginning of the 1950s.

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He was a member of the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society, of which he later became president and in March 2012 was the first of its members to be awarded the society"s Hugh Watson Lifetime Achievement Award. John Moores was the eldest son of Sir John Moores, businessman and founder of the empire and Ruby Knowles.

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