Background
Moody was born September 2, 1935 in Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia. He attended the Anglo-American High School in Athens, Greece. He went on to receive his B.A. from Haverford College in 1957. After college, he served as a CARE International representative in Yugoslavia and Iran, delivering US donated assistance to hospitals and orphanages. After CARE, he was assigned to set up the first Peace Corps operation in Pakistan (East and West Pakistan at that time) which was also the first Peace Program in Continental Asia. Responsibilities included negotiating the formal agreement with the Pakistan Government, identifying specific local assignment for incoming Peace Corps Volunteers in hospitals, schools, development centers, etc. Following his initial overseas service (below) he earned his MPA at the JFK School of Government at Harvard University in 1967 and his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of California, Berkeley in 1973.
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