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1976-77 MW
Joseph H. Moore III
約瑟夫 H 摩爾三世 尊兄
1976-77 GRAND MASTER OF GLOC
Joseph H. Moore
Grand Master M.W. Brother Joseph H. Moore III (1976-1977)
M.W. Joseph H. Moore. III was born in Richmond, Virginia, USA on November 29, 1919. He spent his younger days in the small town of Ashland, Virginia, where he attended the public schools, graduating from high school at the head of his class in 1936.With the help of scholarships and part-time work, he went on to the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and graduated in 1940 with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
His first professional work was with the US Rural Electrification Administration in Washington, D.C. and later in St. Louis, Missouri. In December 1942 Bro. Joe joined the US Armed Forces as a Signal Radar Officer and served until May 1946, being stationed in several locations in the US as well as overseas for 28 months in Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines and Japan. It was during those years overseas that he first realized the importance of the Asian nations bordering the Pacific Ocean.
After the end of World War II, Bro. Joe returned to his old job in Washington, D.C. Soon, however, he felt a longing to return to Asia. With his bride, Mille Remund, he went to Korea in October 1947 with the US Military Government and later the US Aid Program. During the Korean war he was injured while evacuating a power station in the face of the enemy advance, in an action for which he was awarded the US Medal of Freedom. After seven months in hospitals from Seoul, Korea to Bethesda, Maryland, he was able to resume work with the US Aid Program in Washington, D.C. in August 1951.
Once again the call of the Orient was too strong to resist and in July 1953 Bro. Joe joined the Taipei Office of the J.G. White Engineering Corp., first in power system planning and later as project manager. After completion of the White contract he be-came a consultant to the Republic of China on power, energy and industrial development, a position which he still holds.
Bro. Joe knocked on the door of Liberty Lodge No.7 on February 11, 1955, was raised on May 13, 1955 and served as Master of the Lodge in 1965-66. He is a 33° Mason in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction, USA and has served as Master of two of the Taipei Bodies. He crossed the hot sands to Afifi Temple in October 1957 and is a Director of the Ali Shan Oasis Shrine Club. As a long-time Taipei resident, Bro. Joe has been active in community affairs. He was a member of the Taipei American School board for 16 years, including three terms as chairman. In the HSA Protestant Chapel he sings in the choir, teaches Sunday school and is President of the Chapel Council. He is a member of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Re-public of China, a Standing Supervisor of the American University Club and Chairman of the TIWC Educational Foundation. Bro. Joe has a wonderful Mother back in Richmond who celebrated her 96th birthday during his reign as Grand Master. He and Mille also have two sons and two daughters, three of whom are in the US working or studying; their younger daughter, following her graduation from college, returned to Taiwan for Chinese studies.
Joseph H. Moore III
1976-77 PGM, GLOC
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第二十三屆總會長 Joseph H. Moore III 尊兄
Joseph H. Moore三世尊兄於1919 年11 月29 日出生於美國維琴尼亞州里士滿(Richmond)。他在維琴尼亞州阿什蘭(Ashland)小鎮度過了年輕的時光，在那裡他就讀於公立學校，並以領先的成績從高中畢業。 1936年，他在獎學金和兼職工作的幫助下，繼續就讀維琴尼亞理工學院和州立大學，並於1940年畢業，獲得電氣工程學士學位。
他的第一份專業工作是在華盛頓特區的美國農村電氣化管理局工作，後來又在密蘇里州聖路易斯工作。1942 年12 月，喬兄弟加入美國部隊，擔任雷達信號軍官，一直服役到1946 年5月，駐紮在多個國家和地區。在美國以及澳大利亞、新幾內亞、菲律賓和日本的海外工作了28個月。正是在海外的這些年裡，他第一次意識到太平洋沿岸亞洲國家的重要性。
二戰結束後，尊兄回到華盛頓特區工作，但很快他就渴望回到亞洲，1947年10月，他帶著新娘米勒·雷蒙德隨美國前往韓國軍政府和後來的美國援助計劃。朝鮮戰爭期間，他在面對敵人前進的情況下撤離發電站時受傷，為此他被授予美國自由勳章。在從首爾的醫院住了七個月後從韓國遷往馬里蘭州貝塞斯達，他於1951 年8 月在華盛頓特區恢復了美國援助計劃的工作。
東方的呼喚再次讓他無法抗拒，尊兄於1953年7月加入J.G. White工程公司台北辦事處，先是從事電力系統規劃，後來擔任專案經理。 ——擔任中華民國電力、能源和工業發展顧問，至今仍擔任該職務。
尊兄於1955 年2 月11 日敲響了第七分會自由廬的門，於1955 年5 月13 日提升為工師美生，並於1965-66 年擔任該自由廬的會長。他是美南慈修會的33° 兄弟，曾擔任台北兩個分會的會長。1957年10月加入阿菲菲慈德會，現為阿里山慈德會會長。作為長期居住在台北的兄弟，尊兄一直積極參與社區事務。他曾擔任台北美國學校董事會成員 16 年，其中三屆擔任主席。在 HSA 新教教堂，他在唱詩班唱歌，教授主日學，並擔任教堂理事會主席。是中華民國美國商會會員、美國大學俱樂部常務監事、台北市國際婦女協會(TIWC)教育基金會主席。尊兄在列治文有一位很棒的母親，在他擔任總會長時尊兄的母親已經高齡96歲生日。他和夫人育有兩子兩女，其中三人在美國工作或學習；小女兒大學畢業後回到台灣攻讀中文。
(譯者補述：美援對於戰後的臺灣重建與經濟發展十分重要，當時美援是在美國的「經濟合作總署中國分署」（Economic Cooperation Administration, Mission to China，簡稱ECA）與「行政院美援運用委員會」（簡稱美援會）的共同運作下，在臺灣進行各種建設工作。為了有效運作，美國的經濟合作總署與美援會聯合聘請美國的工程顧問公司J.G. White Engineering cooperation（簡稱懷特公司）擔任美援運用與執行上的工程顧問，直接參與對臺灣的經濟、工業、社會發展等建設的規劃與監督，十大建設真正的幕後英雄。李國鼎先生經濟部長時，J.H. Moore任職懷特顧問公司顧問。)