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 This past Friday, NCSITE suffered a huge loss with the passing of RV Moss, one of our Section's founding members.
R.V. Moss, one of Walter and Lala Moss’ six children, was born on October 15, 1931 in Hendersonville. He graduated in 1950 from Hudson High School, where he was President of his Senior Class and made an early contribution to mass transit by working as a bus driver. He enrolled in Mars Hill College in 1950, but joined the United States Army in 1951 and served as a paratrooper in the 508th Airborne Regimental Combat Team.
After leaving the Army in 1954, he enrolled in North Carolina State College in Raleigh, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering in May 1959. While pursuing his studies, RV worked part-time for the City of Raleigh and, after graduation, accepted a full-time position with the City. In 1960, he became Assistant Traffic Engineer for the City of Durham before moving along in October 1963 to High Point to serve as their City Traffic Engineer. As his position evolved into the City's Director of Transportation, he oversaw the planning, design, construction and implementation of many important projects and programs, including upgrades to the High Point’s computerized traffic signal system and the development of a multimodal transportation system to serve the Furniture Market.
In addition to his official duties, RV played an active part in the founding of the North Carolina Section of the Institute of Traffic (now Transportation) Engineers (ITE). He attended the first of many meetings in High Point in 1965, gradually becoming more involved in the organization. He served as the NCSITE President in 1969. His involvement also extended to representing the NC Section on the SDITE Executive Board for two years before becoming the District President in 1980.
As a well-known and respected transportation leader in the southeastern United States, RV received the District’s top two awards: the Marble J. Hensley Individual Activity Award in 1984 and the Herman Hoose Distinguished Service Award in 1990. To recognize his tireless service and dedication, the North Carolina Section created and named the RV Moss Lifetime Service Award in his honor in 1992, with RV as the inaugural recipient. He was a Life Fellow in the International ITE and, even after his retirement in 1993, regularly attended the NCSITE Annual Meeting each fall.
RV was an active member of First Baptist Church in High Point and was a member of the High Point Kiwanis Club since 1965.
RV passed away Friday, January 27, 2017 at Hospice Home at High Point. NCSITE offers our deepest condolences to his family and wife Vera. Memorial services were held this past Sunday, but condolences may be expressed online.
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