Charles Moore (athlete)

Charles Moore (athlete)
Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for the  United States
Gold 1952 Helsinki 400 m hurdles
Silver 1952 Helsinki 4x400 m relay

Charles Hewes Moore, Jr (born August 12, 1929) is a former American athlete, and has served as executive director of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy since the organization's founding in 1999. Charles won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles in the 1952 Summer Olympics with a time of 50.8 seconds, narrowly missing the world record. He also ran a third leg on the second-place 4x400 metre relay. Charles finished second for the James E. Sullivan Award in 1952, and was selected as one of "100 Golden Olympians" in 1996. In 1999, he was inducted into the United States National Track and Field Hall of Fame.

As a student of Cornell University, Moore won the NCAA titles in 440 yard flat race in 1949 and 220 yard hurdles in 1951. He also won four straight AAU titles in 400 metre hurdles from 1949 to 1952. Moore was also a member of the Quill and Dagger society at Cornell.

From 1994-1999, he was Director of Athletics at Cornell University. Prior to that, Charles was president and CEO of several multinational manufacturing companies, including Ransburg Corporation, Clevepak Corporation, Allied Thermal (a subsidiary of Interpace Corporation), Lapp Insulator (a division of Interpace Corporation), and Lenape Forge (a division of Gulf+Western). He also served as managing director of Peers & Co. (investment banking), CEO of Peers Management Resources, Inc. (management consulting), and vice chairman of Advisory Capital Partners, Inc. (investment advising).

Charles is currently Governor of the National Art Museum of Sport, a former member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, and a National Board alumni member of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1984, he received the Herbert Adams Memorial Award for Advancement of American Sculpture. From 1992-2000, he was Public Sector Director of the United States Olympic Committee(USOC) and chairman of that organization's audit committee. He has also served as chairman of the USOC’s 2012 Bid City Evaluation Task Force. He is married to Judith M. Moore, director of the Music Library at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue in New York City. They have nine children and fourteen grandchildren.

Preceded by
Laing E. Kennedy
Directors of Cornell athletics
1994-1999
Succeeded by
Andy Noel

References

USATF Hall of Fame

Sports Reference


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