TO THE CHAPTER INVISIBLE
Richard N. Ordway 1937–2019 Law Enforcement Executive, U.S. Army
Securities Rulemaking Board. A Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi, McPherson was a 1989 initiate of the Columbia (MD) Alumni Chapter and was a member of Baltimore (MD) Alumni Chapter. A large portion of he and his wife Denise's life together was dedicated to service to the community. From 1999-2002, he served as the Commissioner of Youth Basketball for the Bowie Boys & Girls Club. In the spring of 2002, he and Denise started The Metro Sixers Basketball Club, which was active from 2002-2013. During that time, dozens of coaches and hundreds of young men came through the organization. Brother Terry McPherson was preceded in death by his brothers Clarence Omar Gilmore and Ronald Gilmore. He is survived by his wife, Denise (née Robinson) McPherson, daughter Lauren McPherson and Robert McPherson (Baltimore (MD) Alumni 2016), his mother, Nora (McPherson) Gilmore, and brothers Larry McPherson, Robert Gilmore and Howard Gilmore, along with a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.
Prairie View, TX, in a loving, family- oriented, historically, black college town, where he learned the value of an education early. An active child, Moore was a Boy Scout and played baseball. After graduating from Waller County (TX) High School, he was attended historic Langston (OK) University where he was known among friends as a disciplined and focused scholar. After earning a B.S. degree in biology, Moore attended Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN, where he graduated with a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) in 1977. After graduating from Dental School, Moore joined the U.S. Navy and spent four years serving his country as a Lt. Commander and Naval Dentist in San Diego, CA. Upon completion of his military obligations, Moore and his family moved to St. Louis, MO, where he opened a private practice with his wife in 1981. Along with Moore Dental Center, he was co-founder of Gateway to Oral Health, a nonprofit organiza- tion that treated thousands of poor and underserved children in disadvantaged communities. He served as a board member, as well as a treating dentist and director of quality control. Moore made the decision to retire to San Diego to be closer to family, watch his grand kids grow up, and be a constant loving presence in their lives. This was almost four years to the day of his passing. In his last years, Moore suffered from COPD, as well as IgG4 disease, a chronic inflammatory condi- tion. He spent three months in the VA hospital before he passed. Brother Dr. David L. Moore is pre- ceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his children, David Bryan (Lorena) Moore; Tiffany Carole (An- drew) Martin, and Anthony Tyler Spates; his sister, Dr. Sandra Moore; grandchil- dren, Chris, Bryan, David, Josephine, and Julia; and nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Richard N. Ordway (Nashville (TN) Alumni 1987) entered the Chapter Invisible on June 10, 2019 at the age of 81. Richard Nathaniel “Nick” Ordway was born on July
19, 1937 in Nashville, TN as the only child to the late Charlie and Evelyn (née Leath) Ordway. He was one of the first African Americans to attend Nashville’s Father Ryan High School and was honored in 2018 at one of high school football games for this achievement. After high school, Ordway attended Tennessee State University (TSU) and left college to serve his country in the United States Army for two years. After his honorable discharge, he joined the Metropolitan Nashville Police Depart- ment in 1964. While on the police force, he attended Aquinas Junior College in Nashville where he studied criminal justice and subsequently returned to TSU where he earned a B.S. degree in psychology. Ordway had a long and distinguished 28 year career with the Metropolitan Nash- ville Police Department where he served as head of various divisions as he rose through the ranks to become the first black Major of the Special Operations Division and first black Assistant Chief of Police. Other positions included Captain of the South Precinct, Assis- tant Chief of the Investigative Services Bureau, and the Administrative Services Bureau, among others. A Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi ® , Ordway was also a member of Leader- ship Nashville ® ; member of the “Un- touchables,” a group of players, coaches and supporters of TSU Football; mem- ber of the Knights of Columbus; and
David L. Moore, D.D.S. 1951-2019 Dentist, U.S. Navy
Dr. David L. Moore (Alpha Pi 1970) entered the Chapter Invisible on November 8, 2019 at the age of 68 at the
Veterans Affairs Hospital in La Jolla, CA surrounded by his family. Born on June 30, 1951, David Leroy Moore was the youngest of two children of Leroy G. Moore (Alpha Pi 1947), Jr., a football and basketball coach at Arkansas A&M University, and Prairie View A&M University; and Theodra (née Crowell) Moore, who was the registrar’s assistant at Prairie View A&M University. Moore and his sister Sandra were raised in
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