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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 with
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Moore 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 of
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These ascents led to his most famous climb, the first ascent (with Richard Burdsall) of
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Moore attended schools in Haddonfield, Philadelphia and New York, and was a graduate of
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Hall are two 8-story buildings anchoring the upper dorm complex on the
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Moore's career as a mountaineer started early, with an ascent of
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to author textbooks on taxes and work as a financial consultant.
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Presidents and Chancellors of the University of Alaska Fairbanks
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and the degree of Doctor of Commercial Science from the
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Haddonfield, New Jersey
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Williams College
Harvard Business School
mountaineer
mountaineer
University of Alaska
Williams College
MBA
Harvard School of Business Administration
UCLA
Boston
Chimborazo
Sangay
Andes
Ecuador
Mount Bona
Mount Fairweather
Allen Carpé
Mount Robson
Canadian Rockies
Minya Konka
Sichuan
China
World War II
Mount McKinley
Boston Museum of Science
Bradford Washburn
Bartlett
Fairbanks campus

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