 Powell A. Moore Papers
Collection DescriptionHistorical NotePowell Allen Moore was born in Milledgeville, GA on January 5, 1938. He attended preparatory school at Georgia Military College in Milledgeville and was awarded a Bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Georgia in 1959. For nearly four years, he served in the United States Army as an infantry officer. He was on tour in Germany when the Berlin Wall was built. After returning from abroad, he worked for his hometown newspaper, the Union Recorder, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. He later worked for Southern National Gas Company. In 1966, Senator Richard B. Russell named Moore his press secretary. After Senator Russell's death in 1971, Moore worked for the Nixon administration, as the Justice Department as Deputy Director of Public Information. Moore was on the Committee to Reelect the President and was the Director of Press Relations for the Inaugural Committee for President Nixon for part of 1972 and 1973. Following that he was White House legislative staff during the Nixon and Ford administrations. After working in the public sector, he accepted the position of Managing Director of Marketing Corporation of America. When he left the Ford administration in 1975. he went on to establish his own consulting firm and until 1981 he advised and represented domestic and international clients in Washington, DC. In 1981, President Reagan appointed Moore Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs. During his tenure in this position in the Reagan administration, he oversaw the Senate confirmation of Sandra Day O'Connor. He was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Intergovernmental and Legislative Affairs the following year. Toward the end of 1983, Moore left the federal government and became Vice President for Legislative Affairs for the Lockheed Corporation. From 1985 to 1992, he partnered to form the Ginn, Edington, Moore and Wade consulting firm. This was followed in 1992 by the formation of the Capitoline International Group that had the Republic of Turkey and the Government of Azerbaijan among its clients. In 1998, Moore briefly joined the firm Global USA before accepting the position of Chief of Staff for Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee. He held the position until 2001 when President George W. Bush appointed him Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, a position he held for the duration of the first term of Bush's administration. From early 2005 through early 2006, he worked for McKenna, Long & Aldridge as Managing Director for Federal Government Relations. From early 2006 to early 2009, he became the Representative of the U.S. Secretary of Defense to the Organization for the Security and Cooperation in Europe in Vienna, Austria. In 2010, he joined Venable LLP as a consultant. Moore and his wife Pamla had two sons and two daughters. Powell Moore died in Washington, DC on August 13, 2018. Scope and ContentThe Powell A. Moore Papers include material related to his federal government service in the Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and George W. Bush administrations, his private sector career, his political activities and interests, and his personal activities and family history. The bulk of the materials cover his service as press secretary for Senator Richard B. Russell in 1966 though his tenure as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legal Affairs in 2009. Materials from his federal government service and work in the private sector primarily consist of correspondence, invitations, event programs, and newspaper clippings. Yearly political files contain news clippings and other materials relative to the contemporary political scene. Political materials from campaigns, conventions, and inaugurations for Republican candidates from Nixon's re-election in 1972 to George W. Bush's re-election in 2004 are part of the collection. Personal material relates to his association with Georgia Military College, The University of Georgia, and the rehabilitation of Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia. Also included are drafts of his maternal grandmother Sarah Allen's book, Our Children's Ancestors along with contemporary research material. Organization and ArrangementThe Powell A. Moore Papers are divided into seven series: I. Federal Government Service, II. Private Sector, III. Political, IV. Personal, V. Photographs, VI. Artifacts, and VII. Audiovisual Materials. Administrative InformationConditions Governing AccessThis collection is open for research use. Preferred citationPowell A. Moore Papers, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641. Copyright InformationBefore material from collections at the Richard B. Russell Library may be quoted in print, or otherwise reproduced, in whole or in part, in any publication, permission must be obtained from (1) the owner of the physical property, and (2) the holder of the copyright. It is the particular responsibility of the researcher to obtain both sets of permissions. Persons wishing to quote from materials in the Russell Library collection should consult the Director. Reproduction of any item must contain a complete citation to the original. Conditions Governing UseLibrary acts as "fair use" reproduction agent. Finding Aid PublicationFinding Aid prepared by Mark Walters (summer intern), 2014. Related Materials and SubjectsSubject TermsRelated Collections in this Repository
Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup C, Series III: Speech/Media Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection, ROGP 095 Powell Moore Related Collections in Other RepositoriesWhite House Staff and Office Files, Powell Moore Files, White House Office of Legislative Affairs, 1981-1982, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. Transcript of Oral History Interview of Powell Moore, January 23, 1976. LBJ Library Oral History Collection, courtesy of the Miller Center. | ||||||||||||||||||||||