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Bay Windows -March 26, 2009
Diagnosed with AIDS Related Complex (ARC) in 1985, Moseby used his quick wit, sharp analytical brain, and deep passion to talk about and improve the plight of persons living with AIDS. During the mid-1980s Moseby was part of a group of people who met with Governor Michael Dukakis to discuss AIDS, and he was the only member of the group who identified himself to the governor as a person living with AIDS.
Moseby was a tireless advocate who participated generously with various organizations. Among his many contributions to AIDS advocacy he served as a founding board member of the Community Research Initiative of New England; member of the speakers bureau of the AIDS Action Committee; grants reviewer for the Boston Department of Health and Hospitals; and member of Client Services Advisory boards of AIDS Action Committee and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. He was also one of the founders and developers of the Monthly AIDS Medical Update co-sponsored by ACT UP/Boston.
The oldest of five children, Moseby was born Oct. 8, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to LeBaron C. Moseby, Sr. and Louise Walker Moseby. He was a graduate of Central High School in Philadelphia, and obtained his bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees at Harvard University. His formal training included mathematics, mathematics education, curriculum and supervision, and computer science. He worked and taught at numerous colleges and universities including Harvard University, Brandeis University, Trinity College, the University of Texas at Austin, and Miles College.
As a researcher and advocate he worked to expand educational opportunities for minority students. He worked with minority college freshmen to prepare them for the rigorous mathematics curriculums that many were ill prepared to assume upon arrival at college. He was principal investigator under a National Institute of Education grant at the University of Texas Research and Development Center for Teacher Education, examining socio-cultural factors in minority junior high school student disruption in integrated settings.
His honors include: National Merit Scholar; National Teaching Fellow; Phi Delta Kappa; WhoÆs Who in Black America; and a Community Recognition Award from AIDS Action Committee. His hobbies included watching movies, mathematics, astrology, computers, and caring for tropical fish in his apartment. As a hobbyist, Moseby constructed expansion interface for old TRS-80 personal computers and had knowledge of integrated circuitry and logic design.
About his own experience, Moseby wrote the following personal statement: "While many have chosen to live and struggle with the personal adversity that comes with AIDS - alone and in isolation - I have always felt that there was strength in numbers and that no one should wage this battle by him or herself. I have always been more comforted in my more frightening and painful moments to realize that I am not alone and that if I reach out and make contact with just only one other person, there will be two less lonely people in this battle. I have only been able to get this far because of the loving care and support of cherished and dear friends."
He is survived by three siblings: Gilda (Jill), Cynthia and Arnold, and many colleagues and friends.
On May 2 at the JFK Library, Moseby will be honored at the Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast.
A memorial service for Moseby will be held May 16, 2009, 11:00 a.m. at the Story Chapel at Mt Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge MA.
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