Moos, Malcolm Charles, 1916-....

Malcolm C. Moos, B.A. (1937), M.A. (1938) University of Minnesota; Ph.D. (1942) University of California, Los Angeles. Professor of political science, Johns Hopkins University (1942-1961), associate editor of the Baltimore Sun (1945-1948), speechwriter and administrative aid to President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1957-1961), member of the President's Commission on Campaign Costs (1961-1962), advisor on public affairs to Rockefeller Brothers, Inc. (1961-1963), visiting professor Columbia University (1963-1967), director of the Ford Foundation's Office of Government and Law (1964-1967), president of the University of Minnesota (1967-1974).

Malcolm Moos was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on April 16, 1916. He earned his B.A. and M.A. in political science from the University of Minnesota, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. As a research assistant at the University of Alabama from 1941-1942, he authored State Penal Administration in Alabama , in which he detailed convict road camps by living in them. Later, his book contributed to state prison reform in Alabama. Moos was a professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University from 1942-1961 and a visiting professor at Columbia University from 1963-1967. He served as director of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara, CA (1974) and of the Ford Foundations Office of Government and Law (1964-1967).

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