Moore Industries' founder receives ISA's highest honour

The highest honour bestowed by the International Society of Automation (ISA) — Honorary Member — has been given to Moore Industries’ founder and President, Leonard W Moore.

Moore received the Honorary Member distinction “for contributions in the advancement of the arts and sciences of automation over a 40-year career of innovation, product development and business leadership”, according to the ISA. Moore will be presented with a special plaque and pin to mark this achievement at the ISA Honors and Awards Gala on 3 October 2009 at the Westin Galleria in Houston, Texas.

“The list of previous winners is impressive to say the least. I am, of course, extremely honoured to be part of this elite group,” said Moore.

Moore has led many innovative business pursuits during Moore Industries’ 40-plus-year history. He holds several patents related to electronic instrument packaging, signal conditioning, and instrumentation and monitoring systems. In fact, in the late 1980s, Moore patented and introduced the Cable Concentrator System, which allows dozens of I/O to be transmitted on a single, twisted-wire digital pair.

About ISA Honorary Membership

ISA members are organised into particular grades: Honorary, Fellow, Senior Member, Member, and Student Member. According to the ISA’s website, “Honorary Membership is reserved for individuals whose support of, and/or contributions to, the advancement of the arts and sciences of instrumentation, systems and automation are deserving of special recognition.”

Previous Honorees include Hewlett Packard’s William Hewlett and David Packard and the Fluke Corporation’s John Fluke. A complete list of previous honourees can be found at ISA’s website.

About Leonard W Moore

Leonard W Moore is Founder and President of Moore Industries. Moore founded the company in 1968 after recognising a vital customer need that was going unnoticed. Working out of a friend’s garage workshop, Moore designed and built the first Moore Industries SCT signal converter, which soon evolved into a product line of six signal interfaces.

Prior to being conferred an Honorary Member, he was elected an International Society of Automation (ISA) Fellow in 1996 for his contributions to the advancement of signal conditioning instrumentation and monitoring systems, including radiofrequency interference and EMI protection.

Moore continues to lead Moore Industries into emerging fields of technology, and today Moore Industries has nine global locations encompassing North America, Asia, Europe and Australia.