Mildred Thorpe Moore

Background

Moore, Mildred Thorpe was born on July 11, 1924 in St. Louis. Daughter of Walter Proctor and Rose Frances (Fiala) Thorpe.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Dietetics, U. Alabama, 1945; postgraduate, St. Saint Louis University Hospitals, 1945-1946.

Career

Clinical dietitian, Jefferson-Hillman Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, 1946-1947; clinical dietitian, Veterans Administration Hospital., Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1947-1948; teaching dietitian, Riverside Hospital School Nursing, Newport News, Virginia, 1963-1982; consultant dietitian, Virginia Baptist Retirement Community, Newport News, 1975-1990; consultant dietitian, Sarah Bonwell Hudgins Association Retarded Citizens, Hampton, Virginia, since 1980. Secretary-treasurer Nutritionists in Nursing Education, 1979-1981. Member Peninsula Nutrition Council, since 1983, Gerontological Nutrition Practice, since 1982.

Achievements

• Mildred Thorpe Moore has been listed as a noteworthy Dietitian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Den mother Boy Scouts American, Newport News, 1963—1964. Volunteer American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Leukemia Association, since 1959. President Parent-Teachers Association, Newport News., 1965, 1968.

Volunteer reading tutor 2d-4th grades, since 1994. Elder Presbyterian Church, 1986—1989, 1999—2002, president, honorary life member Presbyterian Women, 1999—2002. Member of American Association of University Women, Consultant dietitians Health Care (president Hampton branch 1961-1963), Tidewater Dietetic Association (president 1956, 1968), Virginia Dietetic Association 1972-1974, (delegate 1976-1979, Dietitian of the Year 1978), American Dietetic Association (member by-laws committee 1977-1979), Virginia Peninsula Alumni Zeta Tau Alpha (secretary 1994), Zeta Tau Alpha (alumni president 1983, Certified Merit award 1985, Order of the Shield 1992).

Interests

• Avocations: travel, walking, antiquing, playing bridge.

Connections

Married John Austin Moore, June 7, 1947. Children: John A. Junior, Frances Ann, Thomas Thorpe, Lynn Brownell.

Father:

Walter Proctor Thorpe

Mother:

Rose Frances (Fiala) Thorpe

Spouse:

John Austin Moore

child:

John A. Junior Moore

child:

Frances Ann Moore

child:

Lynn Brownell Moore

child:

Thomas Thorpe Moore