Richter H. Moore, Jr. Papers

Richter Hermann Moore, Jr., was born in Spartanburg, S.C., August 19, 1928, to Richter Hermann and Hettie Jackson Moore. Reared in Mayo, he attended the public schools, graduating valedictorian of his high school class in 1945. He entered the University of South Carolina and earned a B.S. degree in psychology in 1949 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1951.



In 1951, Moore earned his law degree from the U.S.C. School of Law. He subsequently served two years in the Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps and thirty-two additional years in the Reserve (JAG), retiring as a full colonel. Moore went on to a distinguished career as an educator at East Tennessee State University, 1955 to 1970, where he chaired the Political Science Department from 1964 to 1970, and Appalachian State University, 1970 to 1996, where he chaired the Political Science/Criminal Justice Department from 1970 to 1983. Moore also served on the Washington County (Tennessee) Democratic Executive Committee from 1958 to 1972, and was a delegate to numerous state conventions and three Democratic National Conventions. He taught at Appalachian State until his death in March 1996.