Moore, John Crosby Brown

John Crosby Brown Moore was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1897.  He joined the American Field Service (AFS) in 1916, serving as an officer and ambulance driver in Section Sanitaire [Etats-] Unis (SSU) 9 in Alsace-Verdun in France from July to December of that year, and then in Transport Matériel [Etats-] Unis (TMU) 526, also known as the Réserve Mallet, an AFS unit that transported munitions and supplies to the French army, from May to December 1917.   AFS ceased to exist as an independent organization and was absorbed by the United States (U.S.) Army after the U.S. entered the war in 1917.  Moore subsequently enlisted in the U.S. Expeditionary Forces, earning the rank of Second Lieutenant.  In 1952, France awarded him the Legion of Honor, with the rank of Chevalier. 

Upon completion of his service overseas, Moore graduated from Harvard in 1920 andearned a diploma in architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1927. In 1937, he founded the Manhattan architecture firm Moore & Hutchins with his business partner Robert S. Hutchins.  Moore remained active in the firm until his retirement in 1972. The prominent firm was known for designing many campuses and university buildings.  Moore also taught design at Columbia University from 1936 to 1944, and contributed a chapter on colleges and universities to the architectural guide The Forms and Functions of 20^th-Century Architecture (Columbia University Press, 1952.)  He was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and an associate of the National Academy of Design.  He advised the New York Board of Education on the construction and design of schools, and in 1959 he was elected president of the Fine Arts Federation of New York.

John Crosby Brown Moore passed away in 1993.

[Bio courtesy of AFS Archives, New York]