J. Moses 

Submitted By jev0010 on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 12:00am
J. Roy Moses Jr., Kerrville, assistant professor of journalism, 1966-1968 and 1972-1997, died May 5. He was named to the C.E. Shuford Hall of Honor in UNT’s journalism department in 1996. Moses was the director of information and publications and on the journalism faculty at North Texas from 1966 to 1968, then returned to the faculty in 1972. He spent several years as an advisor for the college newspaper. He was an editor and reporter for a number of Texas newspapers and served as the director of journalism for the University Interscholastic League at the University of Texas. He received the Order of the Golden Quill from the Interscholastic League Press Conference in 1977, cited for his service and contributions to journalism education in Texas. He also had worked at Schreiner Institute, Southwest Texas State University, the University of Texas at Arlington and Michigan Technological University. He won awards in sports and feature photography from the American College Public Relations Association. Moses served in the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1952. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Southwestern University and a master’s from the University of Texas at Austin.

J. Roy Moses Jr., Kerrville, assistant professor of journalism, 1966-1968 and 1972-1997, died May 5. He was named to the C.E. Shuford Hall of Honor in UNT’s journalism department in 1996. Moses was the director of information and publications and on the journalism faculty at North Texas from 1966 to 1968, then returned to the faculty in 1972. He spent several years as an advisor for the college newspaper. He was an editor and reporter for a number of Texas newspapers and served as the director of journalism for the University Interscholastic League at the University of Texas. He received the Order of the Golden Quill from the Interscholastic League Press Conference in 1977, cited for his service and contributions to journalism education in Texas. He also had worked at Schreiner Institute, Southwest Texas State University, the University of Texas at Arlington and Michigan Technological University. He won awards in sports and feature photography from the American College Public Relations Association. Moses served in the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1952. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Southwestern University and a master’s from the University of Texas at Austin.

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