Terris Moore

Terris Moore(April 11, 1908 – November 7, 1993) was an explorer,mountaineer,light plane pilot, and the second president of theUniversity of Alaska.

Terris Moore
Born	(1908-04-11)April 11, 1908 Haddonfield, New Jersey
Died	November 7, 1993(1993-11-07)(aged 85) Cambridge, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Williams College Harvard Business School
Occupation(s)	Explorer andmountaineer

Early years and education

Moore attended schools in Haddonfield, Philadelphia and New York, and was a graduate ofWilliams Collegein Massachusetts. He then received anMBAand the degree of Doctor of Commercial Science from theHarvard School of Business Administration.He taught atUCLAfor two years, then returned toBostonto author textbooks on taxes and work as a financial consultant.

Early career

Moore's career as a mountaineer started early, with an ascent ofChimborazoand the first ascent ofSangay,both in theAndesofEcuador,in 1927. In the early 1930s, he made the first ascents ofMount BonaandMount Fairweather,both major Alaskan peaks, withAllen Carpé,and he also made the first unguided ascent ofMount Robsonin theCanadian Rockies.

Most famous climb

These ascents led to his most famous climb, the first ascent (with Richard Burdsall) ofMinya Konka,a 7,556 metres (24,790 ft) peak inSichuan,China.Their small party (also including Arthur Emmons and Jack Young) also carefully surveyed the peak and settled a controversy about its height. In making the ascent the summit pair climbed thousands of feet higher than any other Americans had previously.

Consultant and other work

DuringWorld War IIMoore served as a consultant to the U.S. military on arctic and mountain conditions, and as a member of the Alaskan Test Expedition in 1942. In that capacity he made the third ascent ofDenali.After the war, he was president of the New England Society of Natural History, which was deeply enmeshed with theBoston Museum of Science,headed byBradford Washburn,also a noted climber of Alaskan peaks.

Moore served three years as the president of the University of Alaska, starting in 1949, and during that time he also established records for high-altitude airplane landings. Moore Residence Hall, which along withBartlettHall are two 8-story buildings anchoring the upper dorm complex on theFairbanks campus,was named for him. Student radio stationKSUAhas its transmitter and tower atop Moore Hall.

References

• Robert H. Bates, "Terris Moore",American Alpine Journal,1994, pp. 317–319.
• R. Burdsall, T. Moore, A. Emmons, and J. Young,Men Against The Clouds(revised edition), The Mountaineers, 1980.