Supporting the Next Generaton of
West Tennessee Students
Charles and Bettye Moore were born and reared in the northwest Tennessee community of Sharon. They attended high school together and early on established a good-natured competition for top grades and honors. After high school, Charlie attended UT Martin for two years, and then transferred and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
The Moores both are now retired from Boeing, where Charlie was a senior specialist with the Apollo Programs and Bettye was the administrative aid for senior management at a number of Boeing locations as well as at the corporate headquarters. During his career, Charlie also served as vice president of corporate engineering at Ethyl/Albemarle and as executive vice president and chief operating officer with Stone and Webster.
Although they now live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the Moores have a strong desire to help students from the Sharon and Sidonia areas of Tennessee—especially those with financial need and academic merit—to attend the UT campus of their choice. They have provided $5.6 million to establish the Charles and Bettye Moore Scholarship Endowment for UT Martin and UT Knoxville students. Provisions in their estate plans will continue to assist West Tennessee students for generations to come.
“We’ve had exciting careers and enjoyed opportunities that would not have been possible without an education such as that provided by UT,” says Charlie. “We’re happy to support UT and share our good fortune with deserving young people from our area, with the goal of providing them with an education that will, in turn, lead to exciting careers and unlimited opportunities.”
Both Bettye and Charlie are motorcycle enthusiasts and international travelers. They have been known to jump on their Harleys for a cross-country ride or head off on an African safari when they are not doing volunteer work for the University of Tennessee. Charlie serves on the UT Development Council, and Bettye is a member of the UT Martin Development Committee.
