Walter Moore, a 1949 Cortland graduate and a 1999 Cortland C-Club Hall of Fame inductee, passed away on October 17 at age 100.

Moore competed in basketball, football, baseball and track and field as a student at Cortland. A native of Cazenovia, N.Y., Moore had his education at Cortland interrupted by World War II - he studied Japanese at the University of Pennsylvania and served as an interpreter at Kokura Hospital during the U.S. occupation of Japan. He returned to Cortland in 1947 and earned a bachelor's degree in 1949.

Moore was a physical education teacher and coach at Hamilton High School from 1950-63. He was hired by The Pupil Benefit Plan, Inc., sponsored by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association and licensed by the New York State Insurance Department, in 1963. He was appointed executive secretary in 1977 and retired in 1985. Four of Moore's children are Cortland graduates - Dennis '74 (tennis team captain), Lynn '75, Neale '79 (soccer team captain and All-American), and Stephen '85 (soccer team captain).

Moore's C-Club Bio

Moore's obituary