John Hampton Moore

John Hampton Moore was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, on April 19, 1935, to Marie (Lindberg) and Charles Moore. He died on January 8, 2026, aged 90 years, in Fort Myers, FL. He is survived by his two sons and their families: John Randolph and Regina Moore, of Boca Raton, FL, and their children, Thomas Barretto Moore and Emilie Marie Moore, and Matthew Corbett and Amy Moore, of Charlotte, NC, and their children, Avery Reid Moore and John Nicholson Moore; his sister-in-law and her family, Anne (Corbett) and Doug Dalton of Knoxville, TN, and an extended family of many nieces and nephews across the country. He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Sue (Corbett) Moore, and his siblings, Marie (Moore) Nilsson and Joseph Moore.

John grew up in the Midwest United States, following his father’s career with International Harvester that included stops in the Dakotas and Colorado, before settling in Grand Rapids, Michigan. After graduating from Union High School, John enrolled at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he earned an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration.

After completing his degrees at Michigan, John moved to Cincinnati to begin his career with Procter & Gamble. His career at P&G was successful, as he was a lead scientist on the development teams for many prominent products developed by the company during that time. However, his time in Cincinnati was noteworthy for a far greater reason, for it was at Procter & Gamble that John met the love of his life who became his wife of 61 years, Sue Corbett Moore.

Married on February 23, 1963, in East Tennessee, John and Sue soon moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, as John enrolled in graduate school at the University of Virginia. John graduated with a doctorate degree in Economics and took a position as a professor in the Economics Department. Both sons, John and Matthew, were born during the time that the family lived in Charlottesville.

After a decade on the UVA faculty, which included a formative research sabbatical at prestigious University of Oxford in the United Kingdon, John decided to pursue a new opportunity at the University of Miami in Miami, FL. The move ignited a noteworthy career of great accomplishment, and a life of adventure and exploration alongside Sue. His career spanned the country, living coast to coast including in Atlanta, GA, Palo Alto, CA, Bethesda, MD and ultimately Grove City, PA. John was a faculty member, researcher, and administrator at several highly respected academic institutions across the country, and an author of many books and articles on matters such as public policy and the emerging economic systems of post-war Eastern and Central Europe. He was an associate director and senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institute and served in President Ronald Reagan’s administration as deputy director of the National Science Foundation, a position that he also held under President George H.W. Bush, before returning to higher education at George Mason University. John finished his career as Grove City College’s seventh president, a chapter of his career that he cherished, and retired to Sarasota before eventually settling in Fort Myers, FL.

John had a passion for travel and culture, which was embraced in the life he led with Sue. Together, they saw the world – visiting nearly 100 countries on all seven continents, including two trips to Antarctica, one of which included a stayover for John at the NSF’s Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. He enjoyed tennis, photography and Michigan Wolverine sports. He was a passionate reader who savored spirited conversation, always respecting others’ points of view and sharing his own. He relished family reunions on the shores of Lake Michigan and treasured retreats to the beaches at Kiawah Island. In his later years in the Shell Point community, John especially enjoyed participating in various discussion groups, spending time with the Coffee Boys and fulfilling his weekly duties as a greeter at Sunday church services.

John was a principled, loving and supportive father, grandfather and uncle, and a model to his whole family. But, it was in his last and final chapter in this life that he showed his truest character and most remarkable traits. As caretaker to his beloved Sue, John epitomized what grace and love truly is, sacrificing and dedicating his whole self to her well-being. More profound than the remarkable success of his professional career, the selfless acts that defined John’s final decade shape his lasting legacy, leaving an indelible impression on all who were fortunate enough to know him.

We celebrate John Hampton Moore, and his life well-lived. May God bless him in Christ’s Kingdom, and reunite him with the love of his life, Sue.