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Terris Moore

Terris Moore was the second president of the University of Alaska, serving from 1949 to 1953. He was an avid mountaineer who first climbed peaks in Alaska in 1930. He also was a pilot and known as the "flying president." He provided air support to many expeditions on Mount McKinley (now Denali) in the 1940s and 1950s, including flying Bradford Washburn to the West Buttress in 1951 when he pioneered that route. Terris' flights and landing on glaciers were key to providing support for many mountaineers. As president of the university, he climbed and named "University Peak" in the St. Elias Range. Before becoming the university president, he was a successful investor and businessman and had a distinguished academic career. Terris Moore passed away in 1993 at the age of eighty-five.

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Denali Mountaineering

Interview Title	Abstract	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Date of Interview
Terris Moore	Terris Moore was interviewed in 1993 by Mike Sfraga at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Terris was in poor health at the time of the interview, so his wife, Katrina, was present and assisted in helping Terris recall stories and details. Most of the recording's content concerns Terris flying Bradford Washington to the West Buttress of Mount McKinley (now Denali) in 1951 when he pioneered that route. Terris' flights were key to providing support to the Mountain.	93-02-11	Denali Mountaineering