Parlett Moore | |
|---|---|
| In office 1956–1970 | |
| President of Coppin State College | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Parlett Longworth Moore Sr. September 17, 1908 Wetipquin, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | January 8, 2000 (aged 91) Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. |
| Education | Howard University, B.A. Teachers College, Columbia University, M.Ed. Temple University, Ph.D. |
| Occupation | Educator and academic administrator |
Parlett Longworth Moore Sr. (September 17, 1907 – January 8, 2000) was an African-American academic administrator. He was the president of Coppin State University for fourteen years.
Moore was born on September 17, 1907, in Wetipquin, Maryland. His father was a Chesapeake Bay steamboat captain. He attended schools on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
In 1930, he graduated from Howard University with a bachelor's degree in education. He then attended Teachers College, Columbia University, graduating with a master's degree. He received a Ph.D. from Temple University in 1952.
From 1930 to 1938, Moore was the principal of St. Clair High School in Cambridge, Maryland. He taught at Lincoln High School in Montgomery County, Maryland from 1938 to 1950. He was then simultaneously the principal at George Washington Carver High School and the dean of George Washington Carver Junior College (now part of Montgomery College), from 1950 to 1956.
Moore was president of Coppin State College in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1956 to 1970. Under his leadership, enrollment at the college more than doubled, and the college was accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. He also oversaw the addition of a gymnasium, library, student union, and science building.
The Parlett L. More Library at Chopin State University was named in his honor. In 2024, the City of Anapolis purchased Parlett's former home, which together with another property, forms the Elktonia-Carr's Beach Heritage Park; it is also the headquarters for Blacks of the Chesapeake.
Moore married Thelma Crawford in 1934. They had two sons: Parlett Moore Jr. and Daniel C. Moore. His wife died in 1996.
Moore was a member and national president of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. When serving as the Director of Education for the fraternity, he established the Sigma Beta Club as a youth auxiliary. Moore also served on the board of directors of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Druid Hill Avenue YMCA, and the Baltimore chapter of Frontiers International. He was Mason a member of the Pioneer Rod and Gun Club.
Later in life, he lived in Pikesville, Maryland and Baltimore, Maryland and had dementia. Moore died on January 8, 2000 at the Mariner Health Care Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, at the age of 93.