Alumna leaves a gift of travel

Joss Kiely '05 spent last summer in Beirut as the town planning intern for a company charged with reconstruction of the city's central business district.

Margaret King Moore '54 got her first taste of international travel in the 1930s when she was three: Her parents took her to Cuba.

She grew up speaking French and traveled through Europe before coming to CC to major in history. Later, she and her husband, Thomas R. Moore, traveled extensively and even made a trip around the world.

But Moore, who died in 2003, had a special love for France. It remained a favorite destination through her life, and it has inspired a tribute on the part of her husband. He has facilitated a gift to the College through the Laurence Levine Charitable Fund that will bring CC students to France, primarily, to pursue independent research or study.

The first recipient of the Margaret King Moore '54 and Thomas R. Moore Yale '54 Endowed Travel Fellowship is John “Joss” Kiely, a senior French and architectural studies double major from southeastern Michigan.

At CC, Moore was elected into Phi Beta Kappa in the fall of her senior year and was named a Winthrop Scholar, the highest honor awarded to members of that honor society. She graduated first of 151 students in her class.

Margaret King Moore '54

After graduation Moore worked as a reporter for Life magazine. Later she reported for Time magazine, was a columnist for the Boston Herald Traveler and served as director of special events at a hospital in New York.

Kiely, the first recipient of the fellowship, said it was his kindergarten teacher who first inspired his interest in France. He has studied the language and culture every year since. Kiely is writing an honors thesis on voyeurism in film, literature and the exploration of our innate desire to see and observe the world around us. He will continue his research in France. Future pursuits might include a graduate degree in the history of architecture and urban development.