Edwin Moses is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and the winner of 122 consecutive races while setting two world record times in the 400-meter hurdles.
His exploits on the track, as well as his contributions in engineering, investment management consulting and the Olympic Games Committee, have taken him to more than 120 countries.
And he is a “Morehouse Man.”
Listen: AJC intern Auzzy Byrdsell interviews Edwin Moses
From a mural celebrating his athletic excellence to the Edwin Moses Track at the school’s B.T. Harvey Stadium, the presence of the 1978 graduate looms large on campus.
On a crisp January afternoon, I walked through Morehouse with Moses, listening as he told me stories and remembered professors. He pointed to his old dorm and lamented the loss of an old neighborhood steakhouse, that ironically once sat in the middle of the land that is now the stadium that bears his name. The era of Morehouse that Moses experienced is similar to mine in many ways but vastly different in others.