Background
Moss, Leonard Wallace was born on September 7, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Moss, Leonard Wallace was born on September 7, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Wayne State University, 1947; Master of Arts, Wayne State University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1955.
Member of faculty, Wayne State University, 1952-1984; professor anthropology, Wayne State University, 1965-1984; department chairman sociology and anthropology, Wayne State University, 1962-1968; secretary Liberal Arts College Faculty Council, Wayne State University, 1970-1974; acting chairman anthropology, Wayne State University, 1982-1983; member-at-large university county, Wayne State University, 1975-1984. Visiting lecturer U. Internazionale degli Scienzi Sociale, 1962, Scuola Italiana per Servizio Sociale, 1956. Member of faculty Rome campus Trinity College, summers 1970-1976, Mead lecturer, 1971, Barbieri lecturer, 1974, 76.
Vice chairman citizen's advisory committee, Oak Park (Michigan) Board Education, 1960-1961. Member Michigan regional advisory board Anti-Defamation League, B'nai B'rith, 1961, 62-63, 64-69, 71-76. Member advisory board American-Yuogslav Project Regional and Urban Planning Studies, 1968-1972, National Italian American Foundation.
Founding member, board directors Italian-American Cultural Society and Community Center, 1973-1984 With United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Fellow American Anthropological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Anthropological Society. Member Michigan Sociological Society (president 1963-1964), Center States Anthropological Society (president 1969-1970, Distinguished lecturer 1980), Michigan Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters (executive council 1960-1961, 63-64), Centro Italiano di Antropologia Culturale (executive board 1962-1964), American Italian History Association (founding member, executive board 1966-1972), Association Italiana di Scienze Sociali, American Association Physical Anthropologists, Sigma Xi, Alpha Kappa Delta, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Son of Adolph and Minnie (Moskowitz) M.;. married Beebe Gottesman, December 2, 1945. 1 child, Amelia Moss Simms.