Rick Gore

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rick Gore
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationMaster's in Journalism
Alma materNorthwestern University
Occupations
  • Writer
  • Playwright
Years active1969 (1969)–Present
Employers
Known forNational Geographic articles
FamilyChristopher Gore

Rick Gore (born Richard Gore) is a former American writer, science editor and Senior Assistant Editor for National Geographic. He is credited with nineteen cover stories with the magazine. Gore is also an executive producer of theatre and a playwright.

Early life[edit]

Gore was born to Jack Gore, a former Fort Lauderdale News editor, and mother Betty Gore.[1] He is the younger brother of the late Christopher Gore,[2] who wrote the screenplay for the 1980 musical film, Fame, receiving an Oscar nomination for the Best Original Screenplay.[3]

Education[edit]

Gore attended Northwestern University and received his master's degree in journalism.[4] He also completed the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford in 1988[5]

Career[edit]

National Geographic[edit]

Before working for National Geographic, Gore was a reporter for Life magazine from 1969 to 1972. He joined the staff of National Geographic in 1974, where he remained until taking an early retirement in 2001.[6]

Gore produced more than sixty feature articles, serving much of his career there as Science Editor and is credited with nineteen cover stories with the magazine.[7][4]

Multiple articles were written by Gore on topics such as human evolution, for instance the August 2002 article titled "New Find", about the early expansions of hominins out of Africa.[8] He also has written about several subjects on space such as the March 1981 article titled "When the Space Shuttle Finally Flies", about the first flight of the U.S. space shuttle orbiter.[9]

Theatre[edit]

The bust of Nefertiti and the subject of Gore's 2005 play Nefertiti.

Following his brother's death in 1988 from AIDS, Gore diverted part time to theater, revising with composer David Spangler, Christopher Gore's 1977 musical Nefertiti.[6] Several productions of Nefertiti resulted, in Key West, Chicago, Dayton, and a large scale production in Fort Lauderdale, Florida at the Parker Playhouse in 2005.[10]

Throughout this period Gore and Spangler also worked on an original musical, Surviving the Moonlight, that was based on eight songs Christopher Gore had written for an unfinished musical based on the French film classic, Children of Paradise. Surviving the Moonlight was produced in 2022 at Short North Stage[6] where Gore is a founding member and executive producer. Short North Stage is a theatre in Columbus, Ohio.[4]

Personal life[edit]

Gore was married to Mary Frances Whittier Gore in 1967.[11] In 1990 Gore met his life partner Peter Yockel in Washington, D.C.. They were married in New York City in 2013.[6]

Bibliography[edit]

Playwright[edit]

National Geographic cover stories[edit]

Gore has nineteen published articles featured on the cover of National Geographic.[7]

Cover stories
# Titlenote Year About Location Ref
1
 Sifting For Life in the Sands of Mars
1977
 Viking program Mars
[12]
2
 Wild Nursery of the Mangroves
1977
 Mangrove  Florida
[13]
3
 The Desert: An Age-Old Challenge Grows
1979
 Deserts Global
[14]
4
 Voyager Views Jupiter's Dazzling Realm
1980
 Voyager program Jupiter
[9]
5
 Journey to China's Far West
1980
 Chinese culture  China
[15]
6
 When the Space Shuttle Finally Flies
1981
 Space Shuttle Columbia  Florida
[16]
7
 Saturn: Riddles of the Rings
1981
 Voyager program Saturn
[17]
8
 The Once and Future Universe
1983
 Universe Outer space
[18]
9
 The Dead Do Tell Tales at Vesuvius
1984
 Mount Vesuvius  Italy
[19]
10
 Our Restless Planet Earth
1985
 Earth, water and fire Global
[20]
11
 The March Towards Extinction
1989
 Extinction Global
[21]
12
 Between Monterey Tides
1990
 Monterey Bay  California
[22]
13
 Dinosaurs
1993
 Dinosaurs Global
[23]
14
 Andrew Aftermath
1993
 Hurricane Andrew  Louisiana  Florida
[24]
15
 Neandertals
1996
 Neandertals  Croatia
[25]
16
 Wrath of the Gods
2000
 Earthquakes  Turkey
[26]
17
 Pharaohs of the Sun
2001
 Akhenaten  Egypt
[27]
18
 The First Pioneer?
2002
 Expansion of hominins  Republic of Georgia
[8]
19
 The Rise of Mammals
2003
 Mammals Global
[28]

Notes[edit]

a.^ In some issues of National Geographic, the cover story would have one title on the cover and a different title (with the same meaning) on the headline of the actual article, or the title may appear different on the table of contents. Titles represented in this list, are taken from the cover and the citation represents the title listed in the table of contents.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zink, Jack (May 19, 1988). "Christopher Gore, Wrote 'Fame'". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Deerfield Beach, Florida. Retrieved June 18, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b Grossberg, Michael (June 12, 2022). "Short North Stage co-founder keeps promise to late brother with 'Surviving the Moonlight'". The Columbus Dispatch. Columbus, Ohio. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  3. ^ "Christopher Gore, 45, Screenwriter of 'Fame'". The New York Times. May 20, 1988. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "The Board". Short North Stage. Columbus, Ohio. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  5. ^ "Class of 1988". Stanford University. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d Farr, Jory (May 2013). "The Journey to the Stage". Short North Gazette. Columbus, Ohio. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Archive". National Geographic.
  8. ^ a b Gore, Rick (August 2002). "New Find". National Geographic. Vol. 202, no. 2. p. Ad31.
  9. ^ a b Gore, Rick (January 1980). "What Voyager Saw: Jupiter's Dazzling Realm". National Geographic. Vol. 157, no. 1. p. 2.
  10. ^ Jones, Kenneth (March 6, 2006). "Nefertiti Musical Rises Again, This Time With Ohio's Human Race Theatre". Playbill. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  11. ^ "Gore-Whittier". Fort Lauderdale News. Florida. December 24, 1967. Retrieved June 18, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Gore, Rick (1977). "Sifting For Life in the Sands of Mars". National Geographic. Vol. 151, no. 1. p. 1.
  13. ^ Gore, Rick (May 1977). "Wild Nursery of the Mangroves". National Geographic. Vol. 151, no. 5. p. 668.
  14. ^ Gore, Rick (November 1979). "The Desert: An Age-Old Challenge Grows". National Geographic. Vol. 156, no. 5. p. 594.
  15. ^ Gore, Rick (March 1980). "Journey to China's Far West". National Geographic. Vol. 157, no. 3. p. 292.
  16. ^ Gore, Rick (March 1981). "When the Space Shuttle Finally Flies". National Geographic. Vol. 159, no. 3. p. 317.
  17. ^ Gore, Rick (July 1981). "Voyager I at Saturn: Riddles of the Rings". National Geographic. Vol. 160, no. 1. p. 3.
  18. ^ Gore, Rick (June 1983). "The Once and Future Universe". National Geographic. Vol. 163, no. 6. p. 704.
  19. ^ Gore, Rick (May 1984). "The Dead Do Tell Tales at Vesuvius". National Geographic. Vol. 165, no. 5. p. 557.
  20. ^ Gore, Rick (August 1985). "Our Restless Planet Earth". National Geographic. Vol. 168, no. 2. p. 142.
  21. ^ Gore, Rick (June 1989). "What Caused the Great Dyings?". National Geographic. Vol. 175, no. 6. p. 662.
  22. ^ Gore, Rick (February 1990). "Between Monterey Tides". National Geographic. Vol. 177, no. 2. p. 2.
  23. ^ Gore, Rick (January 1993). "Dinosaurs". National Geographic. Vol. 183, no. 1. p. 2.
  24. ^ Gore, Rick (April 1993). "Andrew Aftermath". National Geographic. Vol. 183, no. 4. p. 2.
  25. ^ Gore, Rick (January 1996). "Neandertals". National Geographic. Vol. 189, no. 1. p. 2.
  26. ^ Gore, Rick (July 2000). "Wrath of the Gods – Earthquake in Turkey – A History Forged in Disaster". National Geographic. Vol. 198, no. 1. p. 32.
  27. ^ Gore, Rick (April 2001). "Pharaohs of the Sun". National Geographic. Vol. 199, no. 4. p. 34.
  28. ^ Gore, Rick (April 2003). "The Rise of Mammals". National Geographic. Vol. 203, no. 4. p. 2.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rick_Gore&oldid=1191077421"