John Herron More

John Herron More, of Washington, DC and Cushing’s Island, Maine, died on September 29, 2022, warmly embraced by family and friends. Born on March 3, 1942, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to John H. More, Sr. and Margaret Rapp More, John attended Taft School and Yale University. In 1969, he received a PhD in Classics from Harvard University and, in 1979, a JD from Harvard Law School.

From 1969 to 1975, John was a Professor of Classics at Brown University, where his research focused on slavery and guilds in ancient Rome. He spent the 1974-75 academic year at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome and led his young family on excursions to ruins in Italy, Greece, and Tunisia. After receiving his law degree, he worked for several firms in Washington DC, specializing in corporate, international, banking, and environmental law. He later started his own firm. Since retiring from the full-time practice of law, John was able to devote his time and energy to organizations that shared his passions for social justice, human rights, and the environment, including the DC chapter of the Sierra Club, The Internet Society, Vesta, the Rachel Carson Council, the EDOW Creation Care Task Force, and Communities in Schools. John was a co-founder of the Washington Interfaith Network, a multi-racial, multi-faith, District-wide citizens’ power organization, rooted in local congregations.

John was a devoted member of St. Johns Church, Lafayette Square. He felt fortunate to spend his summers on Cushings Island in Maine where he sailed his wooden vessel, the Scrimshander, up and down the coast, helped to care for the island’s conservation land, and spent time with his island family. John traveled extensively throughout the world, enjoying restaurants, museums, and archeological sites. He loved every kind of music, from bluegrass to opera and for years held season tickets to the Shakespeare Theater. John became passionate about soccer after coaching his children’s youth teams, and later refereed youth games and served as treasurer for the Capital Area Soccer Referees Association. He was generous with his time, devoted to his many friends, eager to read and learn, and happy to join into any discussion.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Livezey More, his children and their spouses, Paul More and Marta Kochanska, and Anna More and Benedito Rodrigues dos Santos, four grandchildren, and a brother, Timothy T. More of Providence, Rhode Island. John’s family was his greatest joy.

He used every opportunity to spend time with his four grandchildren in Brazil and San Francisco, in Washington, DC, and on Cushings Island.

A memorial service will be held at St. Johns Episcopal Church, 1525 H Street NW, Washington DC, 20005, on Saturday, November 5, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Rachel Carson Council (rachelcarsoncouncil.org) or the St. Johns Church Refugee Project (stjohns-dc.org online giving option).