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SALISBURY, MD---Marshall W. Moore, a 1948 graduate of the then Maryland State Teachers College (STC) at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, will be recognized by his Alma Mater with its most prestigious alumni award at commencement exercises on Sunday, December 16, at 3 p.m. at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center.

Moore, who received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ in 1988, will receive the Alumni Appreciation Award, given annually to an individual who has shown dedication and outstanding service to the University and the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Alumni Association.

Moore, after earning his bachelor’s degree in education, began his career as a teacher in Wicomico County.  After two years he joined the business world, first in the farm implement business and then in management and ownership of building supply and construction companies in ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½.  After 16 years, he moved into the banking and investment arena as senior vice president of Loyola Federal Savings Bank in Baltimore, where he headed branch operations and marketing for the bank across the state.  He retired from Loyola in 1988.

Education, especially at his Alma Mater, has remained a passion throughout his life.  He has served as president of the Alumni Association, chairman of the University’s Board of Visitors and chairman of the Board of Trustees of Maryland State Universities and Colleges.  He was a 1973 charter member of the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Foundation and still serves as an active board member.

He was inducted into the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Athletics Hall of Fame in 1988, where he was recognized for excellence as a student in three varsity sports.  He received the inaugural ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ President’s Club Stewardship Award in 1999 for his continuous support of the University for more than 50 years in leadership roles spanning his days on campus to state governance.

Moore says his major accomplishment in life was marrying the STC May Queen, Ruth Baldwin, in 1948.  Two of their three children, Clary and Marshall, are ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ graduates.

Moore has previously received citations from notables such as two mayors of Baltimore and three governors of Maryland honoring his dedication to public service and higher education, as well as his 20 years of leadership at the Ward Foundation/Museum of Wildfowl Art.