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Charles Moore

Charles Moore (1855-1942) began his career as a journalist and writer in Detroit. From 1889 to 1902, he served as secretary to U.S. Senator James McMillan and played a significant role iwth the Senate Park Commission, popularly known as the McMillan Commission, and its 1901 report (''The Report of the Senate Park Commission: The Improvement of the Park System of the District of Columbia,'' known as the McMillan Plan) outlining the future development of Washington. Moore was a founding member of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts in 1910 and would remain a member for thirty years, twenty-two of them as chairman. During this time, Moore also served as director of the Detroit Museum of Art (1914-1917) and as a consultant to and later chief of the Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress (1917-1927). He was also a prolific writer, author of numerous essays, articles, and histories, many related to city planning and architecture; other works included biographies of of George Washington and of architects Daniel Burnham and Charles McKim. Moore was a co-founder of the American Academy in Rome and a member of the National Conference on City Planning, the Detroit City Plan and Improvement Commission, and the American Institute of Arts and Letters, as well as the New York Architectural League and the Michigan Historical Commission. He received an undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1878 and a doctorate from George Washington University in 1900. Moore received many awards and honors during his long career, including honorary membership in the American Institute of Architects, and was named a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor in 1924.