Inducted
1998
Degrees
- B.S. Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University, 1962
Retired, Vice President and General Manager — Eastman Chemical Company
Bruce E. Moore is vice president and general manager of the coatings, inks and resins business for Eastman Chemical Company.
Moore was born in Wheeling. After earning a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from West Virginia University, he joined Eastman in 1962 as a sales trainee in the chemicals division, was named director of marketing in the international division in 1984 and director of field marketing in the chemicals division in 1986. In 1990, he became the chemicals division’s director of product management.
He was named vice president of Asia Pacific and Latin America Sales in 1991, and in 1994 he was appointed president and managing director of Eastman Chemical Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. He was appointed to his present position in 1998.
Moore is a member of the Chemical Manufacturers Association, National Paint and Coatings Association, U.S. China Business Council, Singapore Industrial Chamber of Commerce and Singapore American Chamber of Commerce. He served as a member of the Tennessee International Trade and Export Development Advisory Committee and on the Asia Pacific Chemical Industry Council.
Moore and his wife, Jean Bost-Moore, currently reside in Kingsport, Tennessee.