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Dr. Richard V. Moore poses with Soror B.J. Moore and their five sons. From left to right: Attorney Reginald Moore, a practicing attorney in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Vice President of Beta Delta Lambda Chapter; Brother Charles W. Moore, Head Football Coach at BethuneCookman College; Richard V. Moore, Jr., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity; Soror B. J. Moore; Brother Dr. Moore, Chancellor of BethuneCookman College; Brother David L. Moore, a graduate of Bethune-Cookman College, and a medical student at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, and Brother Dr. Gene Paul Moore, a graduate of Fisk University and Meharry Dental School who is currently practicing in San Diego, California. With the exception of one, this is a total APHIA—AKA family.We can't win them all.
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Shown above, reading from left to right are five AKA Sorors: Dr. Rosalyn Ann Moore, who received her Doctorate Degree at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton; Elaine P. Smith, who is a candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree at Howard University, Washington, D.C.; J.B. Moore (Mother), who is a graduate of Bethune-Cookman College, and who presently serves as Basileus of Gamma Mu Omega Alumnae Chapter, Daytona Beach, Florida; Barbara A. Moore, a graduate of Bethune-Cookman College, and Elizabeth Johnson, a graduate of Bethune-Cookman College who received the MBA Degree from Atlanta University. Brother Moore holds membership in these other fraternal organizations: Alpha Kappa Mu Honorary Society; Sigma Pi Phi Boule; Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity; Knights of Pythias; Masons; and Elks. He is a Rotarian and a member of the Civic League of Daytona Beach, which awarded him the most outstanding citizen award in 1972. In 1973, the Elks Grand Lodge Convention presented him with the coveted Love-joy Award. Dr. Moore's fine record of dedicated service has not gone unnoticed. To date he has received 13 honorary degrees: the LL.D. from Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Florida (1948); Knoxville College, Tennessee (1950); Morris Brown College, Atlanta, GA (1969); and Syracuse University, New York (1969). He holds the honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Claflin College, Orangeburg, South Carolina (1969), and Jacksonville University, Florida (1970). Also, the The Sphinx / October 1975
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Doctor of Pedagogy from Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio (1971). In 1972, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Science. In 1972, the Honorary Doctor of Laws, Florida International University, Miami. In 1973, Bethune-Cookman College conferred the Doctor of Letters degree and in 1974, Rust College, Holly Springs, Mississippi conferred the Honorary Doctor of Laws degree. In 1975, Dr. Moore received the Doctor of Laws degree from Florida Southern College, Lakeland, and the Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Florida Atlantic University. In recognition of his work, he is listed in Who's Who in American Education; Who's Who in Education in the South and Who's Who in Methodism. But even with his many interests, Dr. Moore's first love was Bethune-Cookman College. Unlike some other administrators who hurried to try to try to recruit white students to prove that the school did not discriminate, Dr. Moore remained dedicated to the belief that BCC was first and foremost a primarily Black School. Its doors were always open to all, but he strove to prepare young Blacks to take their place in society. Recent efforts to save the predominately Black colleges only reflect a realization that Richard Moore had known and worked for during his tenure at Bethune-Cookman. Again we quote the 1967 B-CEAN, "He could be labeled one of the most successful salesmen in the state, but his official title is college president. Contrary to the common belief that most college heads serve only in an administrative capacity, Richard V. Moore's main interest is in "selling" Bethune-Cookman College. He carries the Bethune-Cookman story with pride to national groups, clubs, fraternal organizations and to anyone he might have a chance to meet." Richard V. Moore has long known the value of quality education for Blacks. This legacy he passes on to those who follow.
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