George W. Moore Jr.

George loved the Adirondacks — to him, that meant the cherished cabin that he and his family built. As a young man, his future was shaped by his parents, his scoutmaster and his pastor. He was an Eagle Scout, a 32nd degree mason, an ordained Presbyterian elder, and a licensed professional engineer in 15 states. He studied landscape architecture for two years at the New York State College of Forestry where he was captain and stroke oar of the Syracuse freshman crew and president of his sophomore forestry class.

He held a civil engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he belonged to Tau Beta (engineering), Chi Epsilon (civil engineering) and Sigma Xi (science) honor societies. He received a masters of business administration degree from University of Buffalo where he belonged to Beta Gamma Sigma (business) honor society.

George served as a surveyor in the Navy Seabees during the Korean War period, and later served in the Naval Reserve as a commissioned officer in the Civil Engineer Corps, having been selected for Lt. Cddr. prior to resigning his commission. He worked for 11 years for New York Telephone in a variety of engineering and management positions, including the supervision of more than three hundred telephone operators (he called that job his “OJT in PMS”). He finished his career with Contel, where for 21 years, he held executive positions including Northern Division Chief Engineer, Director of Capital Recovery, Acting Vice President Service and Network, and others. He regulary provided expert testimony before public service commissions. George retired in 1990 prior to Contel’s acquistion by GTE.

The roles George considered most important in his life were those of husband and father. He had been blessed with exceptional parents, George and Isabel Moore, and he strove to emulate their loving example. When he and Charlotte were married, he was further blessed that instead of “in-laws,” he acquired a second family.