Robert Lowell Moore
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Robert Lowell Moore | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 12, 1896 |
| Died | April 23, 1986 (aged 90) |
| Alma mater | Harvard College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founder of the Sheraton Hotels and Resorts |
| Spouse |
Eleanor Turner (m. 1924) |
| Children | 5, including Robin Moore |
Robert Lowell Moore (January 12, 1896 - April 23, 1986) was an American businessman who was the co-founder of the Sheraton Hotels and Resorts international chain along with his college roommate Ernest Henderson. He was also the father of author Robin Moore.
Robert Lowell Moore was born on January 12, 1896 to James Lowell Moore and Jane Hancox Newell in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1] Through his maternal grandmother, Moore was a descendant of the minister William Wells.[2]
Moore grew up and attended high school in Wayland, Massachusetts.[1] He then attended Harvard College where he was roommates with Ernest Henderson. Together the two would create and grow the international chain of Sheraton Hotels and Resorts.[3]
In 1916 Moore took leave from Harvard to work as an ambulance driver in France during World War I. In 1917 he enlisted in the United States Army Air Service and served as a pilot. After the war, Moore enrolled in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and in 1921 he graduated with a degree in business engineering.[4]
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