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| Bertrand "Bert" Stuart Moore |
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 MOORE,
Bertrand Stuart Age 71, died of pancreatic cancer at
his Dallas home on Tuesday, October 20, 2015. He was
born in Dallas on February 28, 1944. His parents
were Walter B. Moore, editor of the Texas Almanac,
and Isabel Tomlin Moore, a teacher at Hyer
Elementary School. Bert graduated from Highland Park
High School and received his bachelor's degree in
psychology from Southern Methodist University in
1966. He received a master's degree from University
of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1968 and a Ph.D. in
psychology from Stanford in 1973. While at Stanford
Bert studied delayed gratification in preschool
children in research now called the "Marshmallow
Test." After serving on faculty at Wellesley College
and the University of California, Santa Barbara,
Bert returned to Dallas, joining the faculty at the
University of Texas at Dallas as program head of the
psychology department in the fledgling School of
Human Development. He was appointed dean of the
school in 1989. Fourteen years later, the school was
re-named the School of Behavioral and Brain
Sciences. Under Bert's leadership, the school's
enrollment grew from 387 to 2,427, the number of
faculty members more than doubled, and the number of
degrees increased from five to 13. Centers in the
school include the Callier Center, Center for Brain
Health, Center for Vital Longevity, and Center for
Children and Families. In addition to his duties as
dean, Bert was a clinical professor of clinical
psychology at UT Southwestern Medical School.
Recently, Bert was named 2015 Distinguished
Psychologist by the Dallas Psychological
Association, an award given annually to a
Dallas-area psychologist who has made outstanding
contributions to the field of psychology in clinical
work, research or teaching. In the community, Bert
was known for his commitment to the civil rights
movement. In 1965, Moore wrote a letter to Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr., inviting him to speak at SMU
in Dallas, where Bert was a leader of the student
body. King accepted the invitation and Bert
personally drove King from the airport to the
campus. Bert is survived by his wife, Dr. Lynne
Kirk, a professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center;
three children, Matthew Moore (Maichi Ho) of San
Jose, California, Anne Kirk of Albuquerque, New
Mexico and Kory Kirk of Austin; two grandchildren,
Reef and Curren Moore; two brothers, T. Walter Moore
(Ruth) of Arlington and John Moore of Austin; and
his best friend of more than fifty years, Dru
Sherrod of Los Angeles, California. A memorial
service will be held in Dallas on Saturday, October
24 at 2:00PM at the University of Texas at Dallas,
Edith O'Donnell Arts and Technology Building Lecture
Hall, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas. In
lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be
directed to UT Southwestern to support the Bertrand
S. Moore, Ph.D., and Lynne M. Kirk, M.D. Fund in
Pancreatic Cancer Research, in honor of Muhammad
Beg, M.D. Contributions may be mailed to UT
Southwestern, P. O. Box 910888, Dallas, TX
75391-0888 or online at: www.utsouthwestern.edu/donatenow.
Contributions may also be made to the Dean Bert
Moore Endowment in the School of Brain and
Behavioral Sciences, at UT Dallas, 800 West Campbell
Road, SPN10, Richardson, TX 75080, or online at
giving.utdallas.edu/bbs, or the charity of your
choice .
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