Audra Lucile Call Moss (b. 1923) is a teacher and author. She was born on December 12, 1923 in Rigby, Idaho. Valedictorian of Rigby High School in 1942, she would go on to get her B.A. in Speech and Dramatic Art and Secondary Education from Brigham Young University in 1948. Before obtaining her degree she would pause 1946 to serve in the Western States Mission. She taught business, dramatic arts, speech, and English at high schools in Idaho and South Carolina, and then junior high in Provo, Utah. She obtained her MA in Theatre Arts and Communication also from Brigham Young University in 1970. She taught at Brigham Young University from 1973 to 1984. She received her doctorate in 1986. In addition, she was the author of many poems, plays and articles for professional journals and television.
John Joel Moss (b. 1922) is a professor of home economics and family life. He was born August 17, 1922 in Rigby, Idaho, to John W. Moss and Zelma West Moss. He attended Ricks College and received his mission call the summer after his graduation from Ricks. He served in Hawaii, and two weeks later the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. In October 1944 he was drafted into the army and sent to Europe. He attended BYU in September after returning home from Europe. He and Audra were married in the Idaho Falls Temple on May 26, 1948. He received his BS and MS from Brigham Young University in 1948 and 1949 and then his PhD from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1954. He would teach at West Virginia University (1954-1956) and University of Nebraska (1956-1959), and then was coordinator of research programs in home economics at Southern Illinois University (1959-1961). He would then teach at BYU as a professor of Family Life Education until he retired in 1991. His accomplishments have included: producing national presentation TV programs on marriage, publishing articles in professional journals and books, and being one of few Americans who participated in an international seminar on family research in Oslo, Norway (1963).
From the description of Audra and Joel Moss papers, 1915-2004. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 137733298
