Moley, Raymond

Moley, Raymond (Charles)

(born , Sept. 27, 1886, Berea, Ohio, U.S.—died Feb. 18, 1975, Phoenix, Ariz.) U.S. educator and political adviser. He taught political science at Columbia University from 1923 to 1954. In the 1920s he prepared studies of criminal justice in a number of cities for New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt. When Roosevelt was preparing for his 1932 presidential campaign, Moley formed the Brain Trust to advise him on national issues. Moley wrote many of Roosevelt's campaign speeches and coined the term New Deal. From 1937 to 1968 he was a contributing editor of Newsweek magazine.

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Moley, Raymond (Charles) (1886–1975) lawyer, political scientist; born in Berea, Ohio. A law professor at Columbia University (1928–54), he was Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt's representative on the New York Justice Commission (1931–33). An early member of Roosevelt's "brain trust" in 1933, he commuted from New York City to Washington while helping draft New Deal legislation. A contributing editor to Newsweek (1937–68), he became disillusioned with Roosevelt, criticizing him in After Seven Years (1939).