Background
MOSES, Robert was born on December 18, 1888 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Emanuel and Belle C. Moses.
chairman State Council of Parks
MOSES, Robert was born on December 18, 1888 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Emanuel and Belle C. Moses.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1909, A.M. (honorary), 1936, Doctor of Laws, 1952. Bachelor of Arts with honors in jurisprudence, University of Oxford, 1911, Master of Arts, 1913. Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, Columbia University, 1914, Doctor of Laws, 1952.
Doctor of Laws, Syracuse University, 1936, Union College, 1938, Bates College, 1945, Princeton University, 1947, Hofstra College, 1948, Harvard University, 1953, Long Island U., 1954, Pratt Institute, 1955, New York Law School, 1961, College Charleston, 1969. Doctor of Humane Letters, Colgate University, 1954, Fordham University, 1959. D.E., New York University, 1950, University of Michigan, 1953, Manhattan College, 1954, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1956, U. Buffalo, 1959, St. John’s U., 1959.
Doctor of Fine Arts, Niagara U., 1961. Doctor Public Administration, U. Rhode Island, 1964. Doctor of Letters, Mercy College, 1975.
Honorary fellow Wadham College, 1960.
Municipal investigator, New York City, 1913. Chief staff New York State Reconstrn. Commission, 1919-1921.
President Long Island State Park Commission, also chairman State Council Parks, 1924-1963. Secretary state, New York, 1927-1928. Chairman Jones Beach State Parkway and Bethpage Park authorities, 1933-1963.
New York City park commissioner (consolidating city park and parkway system), 1934-1960. Appointed member Triborough Bridge Authority, 1934, chairman, 1936. Sole member Henry Hudson and Marine Parkway authorities, 1934-1938.
Sole member New York City Parkway Authority (absorbed Henry Hudson and Marine Parkway authorities), 1938. Member New York City Planning Commission, 1942-1960. Chief Executive officer New York City Tunnel Authority, 1945-1946.
Chairman consolidated Triborough Bridge and New York City Tunnel Authority, 1946-1968, now consultant. New York City construction coordinator, 1946-1960. Member Long Island Railroad Commission, 1950.
Chairman Power Authority, State of New York, 1954-1963. President New York World’s Fair 1964-1965 Corporation, 1960-1967. Consultant state and municipal planning affairs throughout United States and in Brazil, 1942-1981.
Secretary Temporary State Commission Protection and Preservation Atlantic Shore Front, 1962. Consultant to chairman Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 1968-1981. Member of New York State Commission to Commemorate 200th Anniversary American Revolution, State New York, 1974-1981, special adviser to New York Governor on housing, 1974-1975.
Member Committee People Public television, 1977-1981. Lecturer many large universities in the United States, 1939-1981. Council member-at-large Greater New York Boy Scouts American, advisory member Suffolk council.
Life member of New York Building Congress. Member of council Fordham University, 1967. Honorary chairman Prospect Park Centennial, 1966.
Member of New York State Common for Bicentennial American Revolution and Creation State New York Republican candidate Governor State New York, 1934. Trustee Hofstra College, 1944-1969. Trustee Miner Institute, Chazy, New York, 1971-1978, honorary, 1978-1981.
Director emeritus Lincoln Center Performing Arts, 1969.
Member Triborough Bridge. Fellow National Sculpture Society (honorary, Continuing Service to Sculpture award 1972), Benjamin Franklin fellow Royal Society Arts. Member American Public Works Association (honorary.
Member; Clubs: Players, Lotos (New York City).
Married Mary Louise Sims, August 28, 1915.; married second, Mary A. Grady, October 3, 1966. Children: Barbara (Mistress Richard J. Olds), Jane Moses Collins.