Charles Moore (hurdler)
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Representing  United States
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1952 Helsinki | 400m hurdles |
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1952 Helsinki | 4x400m 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 400m 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 4x400m relay. Charles finished second in the [James E. Sullivan Award] balloting for the top U.S. amateur athlete 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 yd flat race in 1949 and 220 yard hurdles in 1951. He also won four straight AAU titles in 400m hurdles from 1949 to 1952. Moore also was 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 Industries]). 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 thirteen grandchildren.
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