Professor Moses came to Northwestern University in 1959 as an Associate Professor of Economics. He was appointed the Robert E. and Emily King Professor of Business Institutions in 1993, and has been Professor of Economics with a joint appointment to the Transportation Center since 1963. He retired to become an Emeritus Professor in 2005.
During his career at Northwestern, he also served as Chair of the Economics Department, Director of Research at the Transportation Center, Director of the Transportation Center, and as the Center's Director of Education. In addition, he held a joint appointment at the J. L. Kellogg School of Management for several years. Professor Moses served on
almost all major university committees while at Northwestern.
He attended The Ohio State University where he began as a major in agriculture. He later changed to economics. Moses was discharged from the armed forces in 1945. He then returned to Ohio State in 1946 and graduated in 1947 with highest honors. Following that he enrolled in the graduate economics program at Harvard University and was awarded an MA in 1950 and a PhD in 1955. He became an Assistant Professor at Harvard after receiving his doctorate.
