Samuel Adolphus Mosley

Background

Mosley, Samuel Adolphus was born on January 9, 1923 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Alvin Martis and Thyrza Elizabeth (Brown) Mosley.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, 1946.

Career

Chemist, Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company, Ensley, Alabama, 1940-1945; instructor mathematics, Auburn (Alabama) U., 1947; chemical engineer, Union Carbide corporation, South Charleston, West Virginia, 1947-1951; chemical engineer, Chemstrand Corporation, Decatur, Alabama, 1951-1960; chemical engineer, Chemstrand/Monsanto Company, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, 1960-1963; chemical engineer, Israel Chemical Fibers, Tel Aviv, 1963-1964; chemical engineer, Monsanto company, Decatur, 1964-1969; chemical engineer, Celulosa y Derivados S.A., Monterrey, Mexico, 1969-1977; chemical engineer, Rust Engineering, Birmingham, Alabama, 1977-1986; chemical engineer, instructor code education and enforcement, Southern Building Code Congress, Birmingham, 1986-1991; consultant code practice and enforcement, Southern Building Code Congress,, Birmingham, 1991. Consultant, expert witness for building construction and code enforcement matters.

Achievements

• Certified building official, code analyst. Registered professional engineer, Alabama, North Carolina.

Politics

God calls for justice for those, who are oppressed by the powers of the day. Therefore Christians should be involved in political life.

Views

All persons need the ministry of the Church in their struggles for human fulfillment, as well as the spiritual and emotional care of a fellowship that enables reconciling relationships with God, with others, and with self.

Membership

Corporal United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Member American Chemical Society, Alabama Archeological Society (life, secretary 1952-1958, vice president 1959-1960).

Interests

• Avocations: photography, hunting, lapidary, golf, collecting (archaeology).

Connections

Married Mary McKinley Howell, June 10, 1946 (divorced January 1964). Childrn: Samuel Adolphus, Pamela Ann, James Irwin. Married Jean Elizabeth Harper, October 30, 1964.

Children: Patrick Stephen Andrew, Jennifer Gladys Elizabeth.

Father:

Alvin Martis Mosley

Mother:

Thyrza Elizabeth (Brown) Mosley

Spouse:

Jean Elizabeth Harper

Spouse:

Mary McKinley Howell

child:

Jennifer Gladys Elizabeth Mosley

child:

Patrick Stephen Andrew Mosley