The Author
James M. Mosley retired
from the US Navy as a Senior
Chief Petty Officer after
twenty years on active duty
and ten years in the reserves.
He became the first African-
American Medical Corpsman
to graduate from the Naval
Nuclear Power Engineering
School and was profiled in the
Jet Magazine November edition
in 1958 among the other firsts,
(profiled in the book).
After a military career, he
retired from General Dynamics
as a life time member of the
Electric Boat Management
Association after twenty
four years in the Purchasing
Department as a Buyer
Specialist and served as the
Minority Business and Small
Business Administrator for
Electric Boat Division. He was
presented the Nathan Hale
Award by Mitchell College for
exemplary service to country,
community and college.
While at Electric Boat Division he received awards for saving the company over
one million dollars. He also received a monetary award for an adopted suggestion
that directly contributes to the effectiveness and improvement of operations
during submarine construction.
He is presently serving as the Connecticut Vice President for Legislation for the
National Association of Uniform Services (NAUS).
He was inducted into the Holland Club as a member who was qualified in
submarine operations for fifty years. He is a graduate of Mitchell College and
Eastern Connecticut State University. He lives in Waterford, Connecticut with
his wife Gloria.