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Shepherd Foundation establishes Tom E. Moses Memorial Lecture Series
ISSUED: 21 April 2005
CONTACT: Valerie Owens
304/876-5465
(Shepherd Foundation establishes Tom E. Moses Memorial Lecture Series)
EDITOR--PLEASE NOTE: Click on the thumbnail to download an image:
Pictured from (l. to r.) are Monica Lingenfelter, executive vice president of the Foundation; Lynn Yellott, daughter of Tom E. Moses; and Dr. David L. Dunlop, president of Shepherd University.
Shepherdstown, WV--The Shepherd University Foundation has
created the Tom E. Moses Memorial Lecture Series, a fund to provide
financial support for an annual lectureship series on constitutional and
civil liberties issues at the Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies.
The first lecture is scheduled for September to celebrate Constitution Day.
The fund was established by his daughters, Lynn Yellott of
Shepherdstown, Merle Crawford of Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, and Jeri
Moses-Eichler of Syracuse, New York, in memory of their father, who was an
active defender of the U.S. Constitution and civil rights issues throughout
his life.
Moses was involved in a number of efforts to protect the Bill of Rights.
He participated in the "Joe Must Go" movement in Wisconsin during the 1950s
to rid the state of U.S. Senator Joe McCarthy for his violation of human
rights and witch hunt tactics. He was active in fair housing and civil
rights work in Cleveland and Baltimore. While living in Ohio, he started the
first welfare rights organization in the United States. He was also
instrumental in successful litigation regarding reapportionment in West
Virginia.
A resident of Jefferson County for 27 years, Moses started the Eastern
Panhandle chapter of the ACLU-WV and served many years on the state ACLU
board. He was appointed by Governor Jay Rockefeller to serve on the Potomac
Center for Individuals with Disabilities. He was the first paid professional
to staff the United Way of Jefferson County and was honored with the
prestigious Van Ryzin Award. He also served on the Jefferson County Park and
Recreation Commission and as president and treasurer for Meals on Wheels.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Tom E. Moses Fund. Checks
should be made payable to the Shepherd University Foundation, P.O. Box 3210,
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 25443. For more information, contact the
Foundation at 304/876-5391.
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