AAE Alumni to be inducted into Purdue University's ROTC Hall of Fame

Moses graduated from Purdue in 1952 with a bachelor's degree in air transportation and was commissioned into the Air Force. He attended Air Force pilot training and earned navigator and bombardier ratings. He began flying the B-52, which was America's newest bomber, during the Cold War.

During the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, Moses flew a B-52 "show-of-force" mission that proved to be crucial in resolving the 16-day crisis. Moses was assigned in 1970 as the 744th Bomb Squadron Commander at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., before being deployed to serve in the Vietnam War as a squadron commander. He flew reconnaissance missions over South Vietnam, Laos and the South China Sea, and he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for flying classified and hazardous missions. Moses was then assigned to Strategic Air Command headquarters in Nebraska and later served as wing commander at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.

After his retirement in 1982, Moses founded the Purdue Club of the Midlands, an organization that grew to more than 400 members throughout eastern Nebraska and western Iowa, and he served as club president for 18 years. He performed more than 2,000 hours of volunteer work at the Strategic Air & Space Museum and has spent the last 10 years as a weekly volunteer at a military hospital outside Omaha.

The Purdue ROTC Hall of Fame was established in 1974 to honor graduates who exhibit the leadership, integrity, moral courage and self-discipline that the ROTC program seeks to develop. Originally established for graduates of the Army ROTC program only, the Hall of Fame was expanded in 1999 to include distinguished alumni of Purdue's Navy and Air Force ROTC programs. Nominees are evaluated based upon their service to the nation and the community, and outstanding leadership in business, government, education or other professional fields.