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president in 1971. H.B. Moore Jr., W.J.’s younger brother, became
superintendent in 1971. D.T. Moore was business manager of the school
from 1912 until his semi-retirement in 1968. At that point, D.T. became
assistant treasurer and his son-in-law, W.A. Rawl, became the treasurer.
D.T. retired in 1970 and died in 1974.
William A. Rawl (1912-2007), who
earned his A.B. from The Citadel in 1934 and
his M.A. from Duke University, 1939, came to
GMS as a teacher in 1938. He had previously
taught in Walterboro, South Carolina, and at
Riverside Military Academy. He fell in love
with Greenbrier and with the boss’s daughter,
so he stayed. “Dub,” as he was known, married
D.T.’s daughter Brown in June of 1941. A U.S.
Army Reservist, he was activated in March,
1941, and served primarily in Washington,
D.C., and in San Antonio, Texas, for the
W.A. Rawl
duration of World War II. He retired from the
service a Lieutenant Colonel and in 1945 returned to GMS, where he taught
post-graduate English and served as dean of students.
W. John Moore (1915-2000) graduated from GMS in 1934 and earned
his A.B. and M.A. degrees from West Virginia
University. He taught at Kentucky Military
Institute before settling back at Greenbrier.
While doing graduate work in the Harvard
School Administration Department in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, he met Caroline
Mercer, whom he married in 1940. W.J., too,
was on leave of absence from GMS during the
war years. He served with the Army Air Corps
as a personnel officer in Denver, Colorado.
H.B. Moore Jr., or Houston (1927-1996),
graduated from GMS in 1944. He was a cadet
Secon d Lieu tenan t and was awarded
W. John Moore
membership in the GMS Hall of Fame for
scholarship. He served in the U.S. Army from June 1945 – October 1946
and then earned both his A.B. (1949) and his M.S. (1951) from West
Virginia University. He married Shirley McClung of Lewisburg in 1952
and taught mathematics and physics at GMS.
Carolyn Moore Harris (nee Caroline Nichols Moore, 1913-2007),
John and Houston’s older sister, graduated from Brenau College in Georgia
and married Robert M. Harris (1908-1948), who was hired as basketball
coach at GMS. Bob, who had his A.B. from Centre College in Kentucky,