Richard Palmer Moe (born November 27, 1936) is an American attorney and historic preservation advocate who served as
chief of staff to the vice president
The chief of staff to the vice president of the United States is the chief of staff position within the Office of the Vice President, part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. The chief of staff has been responsible for ...
from 1977 to 1981.
Early life and education
Moe was born in
Duluth, Minnesota
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. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Williams College
Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a colonist from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was kill ...
in 1959 and a
Juris Doctor from the
University of Minnesota Law School
The University of Minnesota Law School is the law school of the University of Minnesota, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school confers four law degrees: a Juris Doctor (J.D.), a Master of Laws (LL.M.), a Master of Science in Patent L ...
in 1966.
Career
Richard Moe served as an administrative assistant to Minneapolis Mayor
Arthur Naftalin from 1961 to 1962 and the Minnesota Lieutenant Governor
Sandy Keith
Alexander MacDonald "Sandy" Keith (November 22, 1928 – October 3, 2020) was an American politician and jurist who was the first person to hold office in each of the three branches of Minnesota state government, serving as state senator, th ...
from 1963 to 1967.
Moe then worked for the
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) is the Minnesota affiliate of the U.S. Democratic Party. As of 2022, it controls four of Minnesota's eight U.S. House seats, both of its U.S. Senate seats, the Minnesota House of Repr ...
. He worked as the finance director (1967–1968) and the chairman of the party (1969–1972).
He was the second youngest chairman from the party.
He left the party in 1972 to work as an administrative assistant to Senator
Walter Mondale
Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A U.S. senator from Minnesota ...
.
In 1977, Moe served as
Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
The chief of staff to the vice president of the United States is the Chief of staff (politics), chief of staff position within the Office of the Vice President of the United States, Office of the Vice President, part of the Executive Office of th ...
during Walter Mondale's term.
He later served on Mondale's presidential campaign team in 1984.
Moe also worked on
Dick Gephardt's presidential bid (1988) and the
Michael Dukakis 1988 presidential campaign
The 1988 presidential campaign of Michael Dukakis began when he announced his candidacy for the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States on March 16, 1987, in a speech in Boston. After winning the nomination, he was forma ...
.
In 1981, Moe started work at the law firm
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, better known as Davis Polk is a white-shoe, international law firm headquartered in New York City with 980 attorneys worldwide and offices in Washington, D.C., Northern California, London, Paris, Madrid, Hong Kong, Be ...
, where he became a partner of the firm in 1986.
Moe then worked as president of the
National Trust for Historic Preservation.
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Moe led the
National Trust for Historic Preservation from 1993 to 2009, and succeeded at expanding its budget despite funding reductions from Congress. During his tenure, Moe managed efforts to preserve historical sites, such as
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park is a unit of the National Park Service located in Prince William County, Virginia, north of Manassas that preserves the site of two major American Civil War battles: the First Battle of Bull Run, also called th ...
. Moe also guided the trust in its major effort to preserve historic structures and sites in
following
Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Awards
In 2007, Moe was awarded the
Vincent Scully Prize
The Vincent Scully Prize was established in 1999 to recognize exemplary practice, scholarship or criticism in architecture, historic preservation and urban design. Created by the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., the award first honored ...
by the
National Building Museum in recognition of his contributions to the built environment. That same year, he received the Theodore Roosevelt-Woodrow Wilson Award from the
American Historical Association
The American Historical Association (AHA) is the oldest professional association of historians in the United States and the largest such organization in the world. Founded in 1884, the AHA works to protect academic freedom, develop professional s ...
.
Personal life
Moe married Julia Neimeyer on December 26, 1964.
They have two children. He lives in
Washington, D.C.
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Interview With President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Richard Moe - News & Features (washingtonian.com)
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Works
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*Richard Moe, Carter Wilkie, ''Changing Places: Rebuilding Community in the Age of Sprawl'', Henry Holt and Company, 1999,
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References
External links
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C-SPAN ''Q&A'' interview with Moe, February 19, 2006
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1936 births
People from Duluth, Minnesota
Williams College alumni
University of Minnesota Law School alumni
Lawyers from Washington, D.C.
Living people
Chiefs of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
Davis Polk & Wardwell lawyers