Malcolm Moos

Malcolm Moos
President of the University of Minnesota
In office 1967–1974
Preceded by	O. Meredith Wilson
Succeeded by	C. Peter Magrath
Personal details
Born	(1916-04-19)April 19, 1916 Saint Paul, Minnesota
Died	January 28, 1982(1982-01-28) (aged 65) Ten Mile Lake, Minnesota

Malcolm Charles Moos (April 19, 1916 – January 28, 1982) was an American political scientist, speechwriter and academic administrator. He was a professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University for two decades. As a speechwriter, Moos wrote President Dwight Eisenhower's final warning about the influence of the military-industrial complex in 1961. Moos then served as the president of the University of Minnesota from 1967 to 1974.

Early life

Moos was born on April 19, 1916 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in political science from the University of Minnesota. He went on to receive his doctorate, also in political science, from the University of California at Berkeley.

Career

Moos first taught at the University of Minnesota. He was a fellow at the University of California and a research assistant at the University of Alabama. He taught at the University of Wyoming in 1942, followed by Johns Hopkins University for 21 years. He was also an associate editor of the Baltimore Evening Sun.

Moos joined President Eisenhower's staff as a special assistant in 1957 and became his chief speech writer in 1958. Among the many speeches Moos wrote for President Eisenhower, he wrote Eisenhower's valedictory speech which warned of the influence of the military-industrial complex in 1961.

Moos taught Political Science at Columbia University for three years and he worked for the Rockefeller family for two years. He was director of policy and planning at the Ford Foundation from 1964 to 1967.

Moos served as the president of the University of Minnesota from 1967 to 1974. In 1967, Moos became the first native Minnesotan and alumnus to serve as a University of Minnesota president. During his tenure, Moos faced the rise of Civil rights and anti-war protests.

Moos was appointed as executive director at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara, California in 1974. He tried to run for the United States Senate as a Republican but failed to secure the nomination in 1978.

Personal life and death

Moos married Margaret Tracy Gager, and he had five children. He died in his sleep at his home in northern Minnesota in 1982. He was said to have a heart condition.

External links

• Records of Malcolm C. Moos, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
• Finding aid for Malcolm Moos Oral History, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library