Arthur Bruce Barbour Moore (February 4, 1906 – September 9, 2004) was an ordained minister of the United Church of Canada who served as president and Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University in the University of Toronto, Chancellor of the University of Toronto, and as the 24th Moderator of the United Church of Canada. Early life and education Arthur Moore was born in Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick on February 4, 1906, the fifth son of a Congregational minister. He spent his early years in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. In 1923, age 17, he enrolled in liberal arts at McGill University, but by his second year of studies, he felt drawn to ministry and began part-time studies at the United Theological College in Montreal. Ministry Following graduation from McGill with his Bachelor of Arts, Moore filled student ministry posts in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, and Portneuf, Quebec while studying for a post-graduate degree in divinity. He earned a Bachelor of Divinity in 1930, and after completing his graduate studies at Oxford University, was ordained as a minister of the United Church of Canada. After a year of travel in Europe, he became the minister of Amherst Park United Church in Montreal. One day he met Margaret Price on a streetcar and they were married in 1933. For the next ten years, the Moores moved to various churches in Quebec, Pennsylvania, Ontario and Saskatchewan. Academia and moderator In 1946, Moore accepted the post of Principal and Professor of Theology at St. Andrew's College, a theological school attached to the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. In 1950, he became the president and vice-chancellor of Victoria University in Toronto, a post he would fill for twenty years. During his tenure, he facilitated the construction of campus resources, and was also involved in the formation of the Toronto School of Theology. During this period, Moore delivered the eulogies of several prominent Canadians, including poet E.J. Pratt (1964), fellow minister and first Moderator of the United Church George C. Pidgeon (1971), and former prime minister Lester B. Pearson (1972). In 1971, Moore was elected to a two-year term as the 24th Moderator of the United Church of Canada, succeeding Robert McClure. Moore later recalled in his memoirs that "It was not a great council but it did some good and significant things [...] Much time was spent on restructuring the church. Every time the church grows discouraged over