Jack Wellford Moss, a retired engineer with the Army Corps of Engineers, died yesterday. He was 83.
A native of Roanoke, Mr. Moss received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He initially worked for the Norfolk and Western Railway before joining in 1936 the federal Resettlement Administration, for which he supervised the construction of 12 complete towns, including Greenbelt, Md., and Greenhills, Ohio.
In 1939 he joined the Corps of Engineers, becoming chief engineer in charge of plans, design and construction of Washington National Airport, then in 1941, for Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.
In World War II, Mr. Moss developed methods for crossing rice paddies in the Phillipines in planning for the invasion of Japan.
After the war, he was involved with many unusual engineering projects, including a program for an Antarctic expedition and the establishment of the Army Snow, Ice and Permafrost Research Organization. He retired in 1960 as chief of the corps' Military Engineering Division and moved to Farmington.
Mr. Moss was a member of Christ Episcopal Church, American Society of Military Engineers, English Speaking Union, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, National Trust for Historic Preservation and Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jimmie Dollahite Moss.
A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Christ Episcopal Church in Charlottesville. Burial will be at St. Paul's Episcopal Church cemetery in Ivy.
Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) - Saturday, September 5, 1987
Obituary courtesy of Marsha Holder #47391678
Jack Wellford Moss, a retired engineer with the Army Corps of Engineers, died yesterday. He was 83.
A native of Roanoke, Mr. Moss received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He initially worked for the Norfolk and Western Railway before joining in 1936 the federal Resettlement Administration, for which he supervised the construction of 12 complete towns, including Greenbelt, Md., and Greenhills, Ohio.
In 1939 he joined the Corps of Engineers, becoming chief engineer in charge of plans, design and construction of Washington National Airport, then in 1941, for Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.
In World War II, Mr. Moss developed methods for crossing rice paddies in the Phillipines in planning for the invasion of Japan.
After the war, he was involved with many unusual engineering projects, including a program for an Antarctic expedition and the establishment of the Army Snow, Ice and Permafrost Research Organization. He retired in 1960 as chief of the corps' Military Engineering Division and moved to Farmington.
Mr. Moss was a member of Christ Episcopal Church, American Society of Military Engineers, English Speaking Union, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, National Trust for Historic Preservation and Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jimmie Dollahite Moss.
A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Christ Episcopal Church in Charlottesville. Burial will be at St. Paul's Episcopal Church cemetery in Ivy.
Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) - Saturday, September 5, 1987
Obituary courtesy of Marsha Holder #47391678
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