James Moeser is the current chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also a trained concert organist. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is the eleventh-oldest institution of higher education and the oldest public university in the United States. ... This article or section should be merged with Pipe organ The Casavant pipe organ at Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica, Montreal The organ is a type of keyboard musical instrument, distinctive because the sound is not produced by a percussion action, as on a piano or celesta, or by...

Moeser began his academic career at the University of Kansas in 1966 as assistant professor of organ, University organist and organ department chairman. He rose to dean of the School of Fine Arts (1975-86) and distinguished professor of music (1984-86) at Kansas. He was dean of the College of Arts and Architecture and executive director of University Arts Services at Pennsylvania State University from 1986-92 and vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of South Carolina from 1992-96. Seal of The University of Kansas The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU) is an institution of higher learning located in Lawrence, Kansas. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related land-grant university in Pennsylvania, with over 80,000 students at 24 campuses throughout the state. ... The University of South Carolina (also known as USC, South Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, coeducational, research university. ...

Born in 1939 in Colorado City, Texas, Moeser graduated from Monterey Senior High in Lubbock in 1957. He earned a bachelor’s degree in music with honors in 1961 from the University of Texas and proceeded to Berlin and Paris for a year of advanced study on a Fulbright Scholarship. Colorado City is a census-designated place located in Pueblo County, Colorado. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None. ... Lubbock is a city located in Lubbock County, in the north west of the state of Texas, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 199,564. ... Berlin (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,387,404 inhabitants (as of September 2004); down from 4. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The Fulbright Program is program of educational grants (Fulbright Fellowships) sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. ...

Moeser returned to Texas for a master’s degree in musicology in 1964 and completed a doctor of musical arts in 1967 at the University of Michigan. He won a fellowship for postdoctoral research in musicology at Michigan in 1968. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a public coeducational university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ...

Moeser is married to Susan Dickerson Moeser, a fellow concert organist and UNL music faculty member. He has two children from a prior marriage: son Chris, a reporter with the Arizona Republic, and daughter Carter, a doctoral candidate in physical therapy at the Arizona School of Health Sciences. The Arizona Republic is a newspaper published in Phoenix, Arizona. ...

--Laura J. Toler, UNC-CH News Services (2000)

Moeser began his work as chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill on August 15, 2000. He has since overseen and introduced many historic changes and improvements for the university, including the Carolina Covenant, Carolina First Campaign, Carolina Connects Initiative, expansions of current genome research at the university, and the passing of a referendum for the nation's largest higher education bond package. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is the eleventh-oldest institution of higher education and the oldest public university in the United States. ...

External Links

• UNC Office of the Chancellor (http://www.unc.edu/chan)
• Welcome Dialogue for Moeser, Summer 2000 (http://carolinafirst.unc.edu/connections/summer2000/sum00chan.htm)