Background
Moore, Richard Allan was born on January 11, 1924 in Mansfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Robert Allan and Ruth (Miller) Moore.
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Richard Allan Moore
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Bachelor of Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, 1948; Master of Arts in Math, Washington University, St. Louis, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Washington University, St. Louis, 1953.
Career
Instructor mathematics, U. Nebraska, 1953-1954; Instructor mathematics, Yale, 1954-1956; member of faculty, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1956-1987; professor mathematics, Carnegie-Mellon U., 1967-1987; professor emeritus, Carnegie-Mellon U., since 1987; associate head department, Carnegie-Mellon U., 1965-1971, 75-85; department chairman, Carnegie-Mellon U., 1971-1975. Visiting lecturer Pennsylvania Department Public Instruction, 1968-1970. Consultant in field, since 1967.
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Membership
Member school board Churchill Area Schools, 1963-1971. School board Eastern Area Special Schools, 1964-1969. Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1945.
Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, Mathematics Council Western Pennsylvania (board directors 1962-1970), Pennsylvania Council Teachers Mathematics (board directors 1966-1968), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Connections
Married Ruth Marguerite Neuhoff, July 30, 1949. Children— Peter Allan, Susan Rebecca Moore McJunkin, Sarah Marguerite.
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Episcopalian