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Alfred A. 'Bud' Moorman, Deli Professional/Executive Director
b.1928 Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico
d.16 Feb 2014 Los Angeles County, California
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Name Alfred A. 'Bud' Moorman, Deli Professional/Executive Director
Baptismal Name Alfred Arnold Moorman
Gender Male
Birth? 1928 Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico
Death? 16 Feb 2014 Los Angeles County, California
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About Alfred A. "Bud" Moorman

Alfred A. "Bud" Moorman, son of Frank B. Moorman and his wife Marguerite [Owens], was born 1928 in Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico, but was raised in Jamestown, Ohio. He was one of six children of Frank B. and Marguerite [Owens] Moorman.
Bud served his country military at just age 17 when he joined the United States Navy and saw action in World War II in the South Pacific and the Philippines. During the war, Bud was stationed in Seattle, Washington and Astoria, Oregon. The warmer weather on the west coast may have influenced him as after the war, Bud returned to Ohio, but after the first snow of winter, he decided to move to Southern California where the weather was more to his liking. Bud entered the workforce and worked briefly for Union Oil Company. In 1950, during the Korean War conflict, Bud was almost recalled by the Navy to active duty, but his unit was never called up.
Luckily for him, shortly thereafter, Bud was to meet his future wife, June "Anne" Ford, and they were married on 25 August 1950 in Los Angeles County, California. Around the same time he married, Bud took a job working in the stores for Shopping Bag, which at that time was the 7th largest supermarket chain in Southern California. Within 18 months, Bud was promoted to supervisor and when Shopping Bag merged with Vons Grocery Company,
in 1959, he was promoted to Merchandising Manager. At Vons, Bud worked his way up the management ladder, and became a District Manager, supervising a District in the Whittier, California area. In 1976, he was promoted into Vons' headquarters to become Head Buyer for Dairy/Deli, growing department. While working in the Dairy/Deli Department, Bud became active in the Dairy/Deli/Bakery Council of Southern California (DDBC), or "Deli Council", a local food-industry trade association, was elected to its Board of Directors and was elected as its President in 1976.
While a member, Moorman was honored in January 1975 with the "Big Cheese" Award, in 1980 as the DDBC's "Retailer of the Year", and was inducted into its "Hall of Fame" in 1988, then only the eighth person to receive that honor.

After finding himself working 70+ hour work weeks, Bud suffered a mild stroke in 1988, and decided to retire from Vons Grocery Company. He took a few months off from work, and was asked to take over the Directorship of the DDBC, when its then Director, John Cates, had taken ill and the association needed someone to take over the helm. Bud loved the comaraderie in the Deli industry and helped steer the Deli Council into one of the leading food-industry trade associations on the west coast, an organization that still exists today, in no small part to Moorman's leadership, guidance and vision. Bud provided his extensive knowledge of the Deli industry to each of the incoming Board of Directors during his tenure, which changes each year during after the DDBC elections are held each November.

After serving the DDBC as its Executive Director for 10 years, Bud was honored again by the DDBC in 1998, and he received the DDBC's "President's Award". Bud continued to serve as the DDBC's Executive Director until about December 1st, 1998, when he announced his retirement from the food industry. Bud was always urged to come back and attend several DDBC events after his retirement, which he did for several years, until he was unable to attend for health reasons in recent years. Bud Moorman will always be known as "The Father of the DDBC" by all of the Boards of Directors and members that knew and loved him.

Bud Moorman and his wife Anne celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2000, and at that time had five grown children and 13 grandchildren. Bud was a tireless worker and a gentleman that will be missed by everyone that knew him.

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