The Charles F. Kettering Foundation today announced that Edwin C. Moses, track and field star, three-time Olympic medalist and international sports diplomat, will be joining the Kettering Foundation board. 

A Dayton native, Moses won gold medals in the notoriously difficult 400-meter hurdles in the 1976 Montreal and 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games and a bronze medal in the 1988 Seoul Games. From 1977 to 1987, he won 122 consecutive races over a continuous nine years, nine months and nine days. He also won two world titles and set four world records in his sport. 

“Olympic champion and U.S. Track and Field Hall of Famer Edwin C. Moses is an icon in the world of sports. He is known globally for his tireless work to ensure the integrity of athletic competition by helping to develop and implement protocols that combat the use of performance-enhancing drugs,” said Sharon L. Davies, president and CEO of the Kettering Foundation. “His leadership experience chairing the boards of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and the Laureus World Sports Academy makes him an outstanding addition to the Kettering Foundation board of directors.” 

An outspoken advocate of fair play and drug-free athletics, Moses developed amateur sports’ first random out-of-competition drug testing program. It continues to operate successfully through the World Anti-Doping Association and the USADA. For 16 years, Moses served as chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy, an association of sporting legends, which uses the positive influence of sport as a tool for social change around the globe. Moses currently chairs the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA.  

Deeply sympathetic to the financial difficulties athletes face in training and supporting themselves without jeopardizing their Olympic eligibility, he proposed the creation of an Athletes Trust Fund to provide financial support, which the International Olympic Committee embraced. The Trust Fund and the corporate support it attracted in the 1980s was the precursor to the changing of draconian Olympic eligibility rules and has allowed today’s athletes to receive and benefit from corporate endorsements, commercials and even name, image and likeness (NIL) agreements. 

Last year, a documentary on his life, “MOSES-13 Steps,” debuted. It showed how he used his physics degree and athleticism to shave off precious seconds in his sport, leading to his unmatched winning streak of 122 races. The film also spotlighted how he used his fame to campaign for greater fairness in sports. 

Moses holds a degree in physics with a minor in engineering from Morehouse College and an MBA from Pepperdine University. He was also a registered securities agent, a licensed commercial airplane pilot, an internationally competitive bobsledder, and a scuba diver. He was inducted in the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1994 and the International Association of Athletics Federation Hall of Fame in 2012. Moses is now chairman emeritus of the USADA.