WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (Jan. 10, 2019) –
The Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation
board of trustees has
named member Thurston
R. Moore, chairman emeritus
and special counsel of
the Richmond law firm
Hunton Andrews Kurth
LLP, to serve as chairman
of the board, and has elected
U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Neil Gorsuch to
serve as a trustee of the
foundation.
Chairman Emeriti
Henry C. Wolf, vice chairman
and CFO-retired,
Norfolk Southern Corp.,
and his predecessor,
Thomas F. Farrell II, chairman,
president and CEO
of Dominion Energy,
retired from the
Foundation board along
with Cynthia H. Milligan,
dean emeritus, University
of Nebraska and president,
Wood Stieper
Capital Group, effective
with the Board’s regular
November meeting.
Moore served as
chairman of Hunton
Andrews Kurth’s executive
committee from 2005
to 2012 and as managing
partner of the firm from
1991 to 2006. He has been
honored as a fellow of
both the Virginia Law
Foundation and the
American Bar Foundation.
He earned his Juris Doctor
and Bachelor of Arts
degrees from the
University of Virginia.
"Thanks to the
wise leadership of Hank,
Tom, Cynthia and all my
colleagues on the board,
and through the dedication
of the foundation’s
employees, volunteers and
supporters, Colonial
Williamsburg is focused
on its core mission and
maintaining a new course
toward financial health,”
Moore said. "I’m grateful
for the opportunity to
serve this indispensable
institution as we inspire
new audiences and
strengthen civil society for
generations to come.”
Moore is president
and a trustee of the
Mary Morton Parsons
Foundation, chairman of
NextUp RVA, an executive
committee member
and past chairman of the
Virginia Foundation for
Independent Colleges, and
a trustee emeritus of the
Virginia Commonwealth
University School of
Business Foundation. He
is a past trustee and president
of the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts and
past chairman of the board
of governors of St.
Christopher’s School.
Justice Gorsuch
was nominated as an associate
justice of the
Supreme Court by
President Donald J. Trump
and took his seat on April
10, 2017. He was appointed
in 2006 to the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Tenth
Circuit, and from 2005 to
2006 served at the U.S.
Justice Department as
principal deputy associate
attorney general. From
1995 to 2005 he worked in
private practice. He has
taught at the University of
Colorado Law School,
served as a law clerk to
Judge David B. Sentelle of
the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the District of
Columbia Circuit, and
served as a law clerk to
Supreme Court Justices
Byron White and Anthony
M. Kennedy. Now retired
from the high court, Justice
Kennedy is also a trustee
of the Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation.
"Colonial Williamsburg is an institution
unique in the world
and a place where we can
disconnect from modern
debate and reconnect with
our shared, founding principles
on the very ground
where they were forged,”
Justice Gorsuch said. "I’m
honored to support an
organization that preserves
and shares this
moment in our history,
and I look forward to
working with my colleagues
on the board and
across the entire foundation.”
Justice Gorsuch
served on the Standing
Committee on Rules for
Practice and Procedure of
the U.S. Judicial
Conference, and as chairman
of the Advisory
Committee on Rules of
Appellate Procedure. He
received his Bachelor of
Arts degree from
Columbia University, his
Juris Doctor degree from
Harvard Law School and
his Doctor of Philosophy
degree from Oxford
University.
"Colonial Williamsburg is in the
midst of transformation
and renewal thanks in
large part to the dedication
and guidance of Hank,
Tom and Cynthia,” said
Mitchell B. Reiss, president
and CEO of the Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation.
"We will build on their
success under Thurston’s
guidance as we welcome
Justice Gorsuch and
engage new, wider audiences
with America’s
enduring story.”
