Dr. Linda Aderholdt Moore passed away on March 16 2024, in Richmond Hill, Georgia.

She was the daughter of Ethel Alexander Aderholdt and Wiley Almer Aderholdt, Jr. She is survived by her husband, George Sorrelle Moore, Jr. a son, Thomas A. Moore, and his wife, Christine, and two grandchildren, John Thomas Moore and Catherine Ann Moore, all of Richmond Hill. She was predeceased by her parents and a sister, Betty Ann Aderholdt Ellington.

A highly educated woman, she received a BSN from Duke University, A MSN and EdD from the University of Virginia, and completed three post-doctoral certificates from Carolinas Medical Center/University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Adult Health Nurse Practitioner from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Gerontological Practitioner also Nurse from UNCG. She taught Nursing at UVa and UNCC for more than 25 years while holding join appointments at UVa Hospital and Carolinas Medical Center along with her faculty position. After her retirement from teaching, she worked as a Nurse Practitioner and medical researcher for Carolinas Neurology and Spine Institute; focusing on treating of and searching for new treatments for the Neurological diseases MS, ALS, and Alzheimer's Disease where she gained international recognition and awards for her work.

Her post-retirement career was a direct statement of a lifelong philosophy that if you have advanced knowledge or skill in some area, you are obligated to pass it on. Another manifestation of this philosophy was her prolific writing. She wrote or contributed to 10 books and dozens of published journal articles. She was most proud of the recognition that students she mentored gained from having their work published in refereed journals. She was an innovative educator who was instrumental in establishing several programs at UNCC—a Bachelor's to BSN program whereby college graduates could earn a BSN degree building a professional degree on their prior education; a RN to BSN program where a student who earned their RN registration through a diploma or Associate Degree program could add an academic degree to their professional training; Masters in Nursing; a Masters in Nursing Anesthesia; a Nurse Practitioner curriculum, and a Doctorate of Nursing Science. As she collaborated on many of these advanced degree programs, she realized that there needed to be a better way to evaluate the professional accomplishment of these students than the traditional thesis and defense; thus, she led a movement to have publication in a refereed journal the results of original research or Board Certification of professional accomplishment recognized as meeting the requirement for a thesis.

Her experience in collaborating with education changes positioned her to bring some of the results of her medical research into fruition by working with the drug companies. Probably the best known is the discovery that some of the drugs they were testing had necrotic skin reactions that led to noncompliance with the treatment regimen. Further research into the causes and work-arounds led to the development and commercialization of the Pen and Needle system that is widely used today for self-injection.

She had a passionate interest in travel. No matter what the occasion, she was ready to go. Over her lifetime this readiness to travel and meet people led her to 49 of the 50 states, two US territories, and 34 foreign counties. The many people she met and the adventures she
had translated to hours of conversation and discussion of her experiences with friends, contemporaries, and oftentimes strangers.