Larry Moore was inducted on Nov. 4, into the Georgia College and State University (GCSU) 2022 J. Whitney Bunting College of Business and Technology Hall of Fame.
Dr. Michael T. Stratton, dean of the business and technology college, informed Moore of his role as the 2022 inductee about a month earlier. Moore is a significant figure within the business college and the Baldwin and Putnam County communities.
“You are surely deserving of this distinction especially when we consider your years of service on our Leadership Board since 2004, your commitment as a mentor and participant in the annual pitch competition, and as a community leader. Your dedication exemplifies our shared values,” Stratton wrote in the original announcement.
According to Stratton, induction into the Hall of Fame is bestowed upon alumni or friends of J. Whitney Bunting College of Business and Technology who have distinguished themselves within their profession, have been actively involved with GCSU, and who have made a positive impact on the local community as well as the region, state and beyond.
“Moore is a model service leader who never stops,” Stratton said while introducing Moore to the in-person audience and many more watching via Zoom meeting. “He exemplifies what we, as a college, are trying to do. He is not just a leader, but a leader of the community.”
Moore comes from an early pioneering family but was raised in Atlanta. He received an engineering degree from Georgia Tech, where he also attended graduate school. His later business and technology positions included vice president with AT&T, founder of MooreCom and division president with CD Tech, among others. “I’m blessed to be receiving this honor,” said Moore during his acceptance speech. “Everything has been a team effort. It has been amazing to see how well everyone has worked together.”
After retiring in 2000, Moore founded the Historic Scenic Byway Corporation, a non-profit that works closely with Georgia College and other schools to develop and display sites in middle Georgia that promote history, culture, archeology, nature and more. Some of these significant sites include the Rock Hawk effigy, Alice Walker’s childhood home, church and family cemetery, and first county seat history for Baldwin and Putnam counties.
In addition to working with the nonprofit foundation, Moore has been a columnist for The Eatonton Messenger and Lake Oconee News and a commentator for Georgia Public Radio (NPR). He also has been Eatonton Main Street board chairman, CEO for Rock Hawk Effigy & Museums, and a member of the Eatonton Kiwanis Club.
He previously was named Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year and later Volunteer of the Year for Putnam County. Moore currently serves on the Business School Leadership Board at Georgia College.
Representatives from GCSU alumni, Putnam County and his family present at the induction, all offered congratulations, with several remarking on the caring, gracious and well-mannered man that Moore is and why he is most deserving of the hall honor.
Moore offered a humble acceptance speech. Rather than promoting himself, he highlighted all the businesses and people who supported him over the years. These special thanks went to his wife Jenny, daughter Rosemary, fellow board members at the business college, GCSU and its students, the Georgia Writers Museum, the Artisan Village, the Plaza Arts Center, the Old School History Museum, and Smith Communications, among several others.
“I am so proud of you,” Jenny Moore told her husband after he thanked her. “My husband and I give you our congratulations,” stated Nancy Bell, representing the Georgia Writers Museum.
With his induction, Moore will be forever enshrined in the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business and Technology Hall of Fame.