With a law degree from Columbia in 1945 and a PhD from the same school 12 years later, Moore has managed to unite her two areas of expertise into one little-explored field. She has not only offered a Core course in the Anthropology of law, but she has also been instrumental in creating a Master's degree program in the new field, as well as two others.

"Sally Moore is extremely imaginative and very effective with graduate students," says Professor of Anthropology David H. Maybury-Lewis. "She is an extremely warm person who cares a great deal about students, and if that can be translated into her job as GSAS dean, that's wonderful," adds Professor of Anthropology David R. Pilbeam.

She has been active in recruiting graduate students for the Anthropology Department and has been "very involved in training graduate students as budding scholars," Pilbeam adds.

Long before her appointment as head of raduate studies, Moore also worked to beef up academic contact among the 12 graduate students in the Anthropology Department. She organize a thesis-writing colloquium in which students could present chapters of their theses for criticism from the colleagues. The plan, she says, succeeded, and students began to write more efficiently and clearly.

Although Moore will relinquish most of her prior administrative duties, she says she fully intends to stay on as Dunster House Master. "Cresap will have to do more work," she laughs. But Moore says she expects her deanship will not cut into time spent with House residents.

Another area Moore hopes to salvage is "as much of my academic career as possible." While she says she'll miss writing and African research trips, she says she has no intention of giving up her job as an anthropologist-- which includes continuing workshops, seminars, at least one course, and work with the African Studies Committee.

"Because of my age, I can't leave Anthropology and say, well, I can come back in the future," the 61-year-old Moore says.

Her colleagues in the department also hope she won't leave. "I hope we don't lose too much of her time, because she's been a very wise member of the department," says Pilbeam.

Adds Maybury-Lewis: "We stand to lose."