John O. Moseley (pictured left, wearing academic attire), 1944 - 1949
Moseley was acting dean of students at the University of Tennessee when he was appointed. Originally from Texas, he had received his A.B. degree from Austin College and attended Oxford. The University saw a brief upsurge in enrollment in the years immediately following World War II, as students under the G.I. Bill flocked to college campuses. It was during this period when the University acquired benefactor Max C. Fleischmann’s 258-acre farm near east Reno.