IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE PROFESSOR CHARLES MOSKOS AS AN INAUGURAL RECIPIENT OF THE MORRIS JANOWITZ CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. THIS IS A MOST FITTING ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS PROFESSOR MOSKOS PERSONIFIES THE IDEALS ESTABLISHED BY PROFESSOR JANOWITZ WHEN HE FOUNDED THE IUS.
CHARLIE IS A MODEL OF THE CITIZEN SOLDIER. AFTER SERVING AS SUCH WITH THE U.S. ARMY COMBAT ENGINEERS, HE HAS EXPANDED THE ROLE BY HIS TENURE AS PRESIDENT OF THE IUS, AND THE ORGANIZATION’S MAJOR FUND RAISER.. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE NOW HOLDS THE RANK OF PROFESSOR EMERITUS, HE COMBINED HIS INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES WITH HIS INFLUENTIAL ROLES WITH THE LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC COMMUNITIES THROUGH HIS LECTURES AND SCHOLARSHIP.
CHARLIE IS A 1956 HONORS GRADUATE OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AND RECEIVED HIS PH.D. FROM UCLA IN 1963. SUBSEQUENTLY, HE HAS GENERATED A PROLIFIC PUBLICATION RECORD WHICH INCLUDES A LARGE NUMBER OF BOOKS, OVER 200 ARTICLES IN SCHOLARLY JOURNALS AND PUBLISHED PIECES IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, WASHINGTON MONTHLY, ATLANTIC MONTHLY, AND THE NEW REPUBLIC. HIS WRITINGS HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO 19 LANGUAGES.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL LABELS PROFESSOR MOSKOS AS THE NATION’S “MOST INFLUENTIAL MILITARY SOCIOLOGIST,” AND THE ECONOMIST CALLED HIM “THE DEAN OF MILITARY SOCIOLOGISTS.” HIS RESEARCH HAS TAKEN HIM TO COMBAT UNITS IN VIETNAM, PANAMA, SAUDI ARABIA, SOMALIA, HAITI, BOSNIA, KOSOVO AND IRAQ. TO CITE BUT A FEW REQUESTS OF HIM FOR IMPORTANT ROLES FROM THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT: HE WAS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH (SR.) TO THE PRESIDENT’S COMMISSION ON WOMEN IN THE MILITARY (1992), AND BY THE UNITED STATES SENATE TO THE COMMISSION ON MILITARY TRAINING AND GENDER-RELATED ISSUES (1998). IN 1993 HE ADVISED NELSON MANDELA ON WAYS TO RACIALLY INTEGRATE A POST-APARTHEID MILITARY IN SOUTH AFRICA. IN 1994, PRESIDENT CLINTON CITED PROFESSOR MOSKOS ON NATIONAL TELEVISION IN ANNOUNCING THE “DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL “ POLICY ON HOMOSEXUALS IN THE MILITARY, AND AGAIN IN 1996 AS THE INSPIRATION FOR HIS YOUTH SERVICE PROGRAM. IN 1999, HE SERVED AS THE SPECIAL ADVISOR TO VICE PRESIDENT GORE’S INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION WITHIN THE SECURITY FORCES. IN 2000/01 HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON NATIONAL SECURITY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.
CHARLIE’S EXTENSIVE SERVICE HAS RESULTED IN HIS BEING AWARDED A MEDAL FOR HIS RESEARCH IN DESERT SHIELD/STORM, AND HE HOLDS THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, THE UNITED STATES ARMY’S HIGHEST DECORATION FOR A CIVILIAN. IN 1999 HE WAS DESIGNATED AN HONORED PATRIOT BY THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY, HE HAS BEEN A FELLOW AT THE WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS, AN ANNENBERG FELLOW, AND A GUGGENHEIM FELLOW. IN 1999 HE WAS
ELECTED TO THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. HE IS LISTED IN WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA AND WHO’S WHO IN THE WORLD.
PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, CHARLIE HAS BEEN A MENTOR TO MANY OF US AND A FRIEND TO ALL. HE IS DEVOTED TO HIS FAMILY, HIS WIFE ILCA, SONS ANDREW AND PETER, THEIR WIVES AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN, FINN AND AIDEN.
FELLOWS OF THE IUS, AND HONORED GUESTS, PROFESSOR CHARLES MOSKOS.