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Jonathan Moore, Academic and Public Servant for 6 Presidents, Dies at 84 Jonathan Moore, Academic and Public Servant for 6 Presidents, Dies at 84
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Jonathan Moore, who devoted his eclectic career as a public servant and academic to accomplishing lofty goals, including saving refugees, reducing nuclear proliferation and making government more responsive, died on March 8 in Weston, Mass. He was 84.Jonathan Moore, who devoted his eclectic career as a public servant and academic to accomplishing lofty goals, including saving refugees, reducing nuclear proliferation and making government more responsive, died on March 8 in Weston, Mass. He was 84.
The cause was complications of a degenerative muscle condition, his son, Charles F. Moore IV, said.The cause was complications of a degenerative muscle condition, his son, Charles F. Moore IV, said.
Mr. Moore served six presidents, mostly in the State and Justice Departments and at the United Nations. He became the first full-time director of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and he was involved in establishing the school’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. Mr. Moore served six presidents, mostly in the State, Defense and Justice Departments and at the United Nations. He became the first full-time director of the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and he was involved in establishing the school’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.
At the United Nations, he helped conceive what became its coordinator for humanitarian affairs. As a Senate aide, he lobbied for the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore. He advised the 1968 Republican presidential campaigns of Gov. George W. Romney of Michigan and Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York.At the United Nations, he helped conceive what became its coordinator for humanitarian affairs. As a Senate aide, he lobbied for the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore. He advised the 1968 Republican presidential campaigns of Gov. George W. Romney of Michigan and Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York.
A lifelong Republican, Mr. Moore switched parties last year to vote for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary in Massachusetts.A lifelong Republican, Mr. Moore switched parties last year to vote for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary in Massachusetts.
“He had a combination of acute political instinct and delight in politics which could lead one to Machiavellian cynicism,” his former colleague John T. Smith II said in a phone interview, “but in Jonathan’s case it was directed at accomplishing idealistic and compassionate ends.”“He had a combination of acute political instinct and delight in politics which could lead one to Machiavellian cynicism,” his former colleague John T. Smith II said in a phone interview, “but in Jonathan’s case it was directed at accomplishing idealistic and compassionate ends.”
While much of his impact on public policy went unheralded, Mr. Moore was immortalized in two historical footnotes.While much of his impact on public policy went unheralded, Mr. Moore was immortalized in two historical footnotes.
In 1967, he was identified as one of the State Department handlers who had briefed Mr. Romney in Vietnam two years earlier. Mr. Romney later said that he had supported the war only because he had been “brainwashed” by his American diplomatic and military guides during the visit. The admission effectively doomed his campaign.In 1967, he was identified as one of the State Department handlers who had briefed Mr. Romney in Vietnam two years earlier. Mr. Romney later said that he had supported the war only because he had been “brainwashed” by his American diplomatic and military guides during the visit. The admission effectively doomed his campaign.
(By the time Mr. Moore left the State Department, in 1966, he had become “very uncomfortable” about the war, his wife, Katherine, recalled.)(By the time Mr. Moore left the State Department, in 1966, he had become “very uncomfortable” about the war, his wife, Katherine, recalled.)
In 1973, as associate attorney general, Mr. Moore joined Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson in resigning when President Richard M. Nixon ordered Mr. Richardson to fire Archibald Cox Jr., the special prosecutor, in what became known as the Saturday Night Massacre during the Watergate investigation.In 1973, as associate attorney general, Mr. Moore joined Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson in resigning when President Richard M. Nixon ordered Mr. Richardson to fire Archibald Cox Jr., the special prosecutor, in what became known as the Saturday Night Massacre during the Watergate investigation.
Mr. Moore viewed what some critics considered a revolving door between government and the private sector as an opportunity for cross-fertilization.Mr. Moore viewed what some critics considered a revolving door between government and the private sector as an opportunity for cross-fertilization.
“Men who serve in government and outside of it, who move back and forth, do so, it seems to me, for two basic reasons,” he told the Harvard Club of Eastern Michigan in 1967. “One, to maintain independence. If you have worked in more than one locus successfully, if you have more than one professional home, so to speak, you are not solely dependent on your current job to survive.”“Men who serve in government and outside of it, who move back and forth, do so, it seems to me, for two basic reasons,” he told the Harvard Club of Eastern Michigan in 1967. “One, to maintain independence. If you have worked in more than one locus successfully, if you have more than one professional home, so to speak, you are not solely dependent on your current job to survive.”
He added: “Secondly, we need generalists who are competent to interrelate the functions and the interests of one component of our society with another, who understand how to calculate the common, overlapping interest. When people live in isolation, they are in danger of becoming distorted by their own interests; their approach to life may be narrow, prejudiced.”He added: “Secondly, we need generalists who are competent to interrelate the functions and the interests of one component of our society with another, who understand how to calculate the common, overlapping interest. When people live in isolation, they are in danger of becoming distorted by their own interests; their approach to life may be narrow, prejudiced.”
As the United States coordinator and ambassador at large for refugees during the Reagan administration, Mr. Moore directed resettlement programs for Palestinians, Mozambicans and Indochinese, including thousands of what were known as boat people from Vietnam. More recently, he assisted United Nations’ and other relief programs serving Afghanistan, Cambodia, Croatia, Haiti, Kosovo, Rwanda, Somalia and Sri Lanka.As the United States coordinator and ambassador at large for refugees during the Reagan administration, Mr. Moore directed resettlement programs for Palestinians, Mozambicans and Indochinese, including thousands of what were known as boat people from Vietnam. More recently, he assisted United Nations’ and other relief programs serving Afghanistan, Cambodia, Croatia, Haiti, Kosovo, Rwanda, Somalia and Sri Lanka.
“What is amazing about Jonathan was the vast number of lives he led, and the number of lives he touched in each incarnation,” Samantha Power, the ambassador to the United Nations in the Obama administration, wrote by email.“What is amazing about Jonathan was the vast number of lives he led, and the number of lives he touched in each incarnation,” Samantha Power, the ambassador to the United Nations in the Obama administration, wrote by email.
Mr. Moore was born on Sept. 10, 1932, in Manhattan to the former Adeline Nichols, a painter and volunteer teacher, and Charles F. Moore Jr., who was a speechwriter for Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidential campaigns, a vice president at Ford Motor Company and promotion manager for The Boston Globe.Mr. Moore was born on Sept. 10, 1932, in Manhattan to the former Adeline Nichols, a painter and volunteer teacher, and Charles F. Moore Jr., who was a speechwriter for Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidential campaigns, a vice president at Ford Motor Company and promotion manager for The Boston Globe.
Mr. Moore, an English major, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1954 and received a master’s degree in public administration from the Harvard Littauer School of Public Administration. (It was renamed for President Kennedy.)Mr. Moore, an English major, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1954 and received a master’s degree in public administration from the Harvard Littauer School of Public Administration. (It was renamed for President Kennedy.)
Besides his wife, the former Katherine Andres, and his son, he is survived by three daughters, Joan and Jennifer Moore and Jocelyn Clinton; his sister, Lydia Moore DuPertuis; his brother, Benjamin; and four grandchildren.Besides his wife, the former Katherine Andres, and his son, he is survived by three daughters, Joan and Jennifer Moore and Jocelyn Clinton; his sister, Lydia Moore DuPertuis; his brother, Benjamin; and four grandchildren.
Mr. Moore’s ability to circumvent bureaucracies and build coalitions was valued by presidents, regardless of party. He worked for the United States Information Agency in India and Liberia during the Eisenhower administration; as a special assistant to an assistant defense secretary under Kennedy; as a special assistant to an assistant secretary of state in the Johnson administration; as an official in the State and Health, Education and Welfare Departments under Nixon, and as a United Nations envoy under George H.W. Bush.Mr. Moore’s ability to circumvent bureaucracies and build coalitions was valued by presidents, regardless of party. He worked for the United States Information Agency in India and Liberia during the Eisenhower administration; as a special assistant to an assistant defense secretary under Kennedy; as a special assistant to an assistant secretary of state in the Johnson administration; as an official in the State and Health, Education and Welfare Departments under Nixon, and as a United Nations envoy under George H.W. Bush.
“He was sought out for his results-oriented mind-set and his passionate advocacy on behalf of the local people who often lacked a voice in international and humanitarian decision making,” Ms. Power wrote in her email. “Jonathan — who traveled widely and listened intently — made it his business to be their voice.”“He was sought out for his results-oriented mind-set and his passionate advocacy on behalf of the local people who often lacked a voice in international and humanitarian decision making,” Ms. Power wrote in her email. “Jonathan — who traveled widely and listened intently — made it his business to be their voice.”
Mr. Moore liked to say, “You can’t learn what you need to know about these places from Harvard,” but, in his self-effacing style, he made his fieldwork seem serendipitous.Mr. Moore liked to say, “You can’t learn what you need to know about these places from Harvard,” but, in his self-effacing style, he made his fieldwork seem serendipitous.
“I kept showing up in places that kept turning out to be educational and rewarding,” he said in 2015. “This is what life is supposed to be, isn’t it — an adventure?”“I kept showing up in places that kept turning out to be educational and rewarding,” he said in 2015. “This is what life is supposed to be, isn’t it — an adventure?”