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| Education | Rhodes College Austin College Southeastern Teachers College University of Oklahoma Merton College, Oxford |
| Occupation | University professor |
| Spouse | Marie V. Nichols |
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
| Parent(s) | John W. Moseley, Jr. |
John O. Moseley was an American educator. He served as a Professor of Latin at the University of Oklahoma and the President of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Early life
John O. Moseley was born into a Presbyterian family. His father, John W. Moseley, Jr., was a Presbyterian minister.[1] His grandfather was also a Presbyterian minister.[1]
He attended Southwestern Presbyterian College, now known as Rhodes College, a Presbyterian college in Clarksville, Tennessee.[1] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Latin, Greek and English from Austin College in Sherman, Texas in 1912.[1] He received a Certificate in Education from Southeastern Teachers College in 1913.[1] He attended gradute school at the University of Oklahoma from 1915 to 1916.[1] He was initiated into the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity there in 1915.[1] He then received a Master of Arts degree in English from the same institution in 1916.[1]
He received a Rhodes Scholarship in 1916 and attended the University of Oxford shortly after serving in France during World War I.[1] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Jurisprudence from Merton College, Oxford in 1922.[1] He then completed in legal studies at the University of Oklahoma College of Law.[1]
Career
Moseley taught Latin and Athletics at Durant High School in Durant, Oklahoma from 1912 to 1915.[1] After completing his studies in Jurisprudence in the 1920s, he became an Associate Professor, later Assistant Professor, of Latin at the University of Oklahoma.[1] He also coached the tennis team at the University of Oklahoma.[1]
Moseley was elected as the province president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon in 1924, presiding over chapters in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Missisippi and Arkansas.[1] He was elected as Eminent Supreme Herald in 1930. He was then elected as Eminent Supreme Deputy Archon, or Vice President, in 1932. He was elected as Eminent Supreme Archon, or President, in 1935, replacing Judge Walter Burgwyn Jones.[1] The SAE chapter at the University of Oklahoma was named the Oklahoma Moseley chapter in his honor.[1]
Personal life
He married Marie V. Nichols, a native of Los Angeles, California.[1] They had a son, John Moseley, and a daughter.[1]
Death
References
Category:Austin College alumni Category:American Rhodes Scholars Category:American people of World War I Category:Alumni of Merton College, Oxford Category:University of Oklahoma faculty Category:Latinists Category:Sigma Alpha Epsilon Category:American Presbyterians