Moody, J. Ward

Person

Staff Only

Parallel Names

Moody, Joseph

Biography

J. Ward Moody is a retired professor of astronomy at Brigham Young University.

Joseph Ward Moody received a PhD in astronomy from the University of Michigan and completed post-doctoral research at The Institute for Astronomy at the University of New Mexico. He then became an assistant professor at Weber State University before joining the faculty at Brigham Young University in 1990. Moody served as a member of the American Astronomical Society Publication Board. He retired from BYU around 2023.

Citation:

Physical science foundations, 2005:t.p. verso (J. Ward Moody)

UPB files, Apr. 19, 2006(Joseph Ward Moody, Brigham Young University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy)

Brigham Young University Dept. of Physics & Astronomy Web site, January 15, 2025 (J. Ward Moody; PhD in astronomy from University of Michigan; Weber State University assistant professor; began at Brigham Young University in 1990; served as a member of the American Astronomical Society Publication Board) https://physics.byu.edu/department/directory/moody

Linkedin, via www, January 25, 2025 (retired around 2023).

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

J. Ward Moody correspondence with Steven E. Jones, 2005-2006

Series — Folder 8: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197239147850]

Identifier: MSS 9603 Series 2

Scope and Contents

Contains BYU physics professor J. Ward Moody's research notes, photocopied clippings, and annotated articles on BYU physics professor Steven E. Jones' scientific analysis and theories on the World Trade Center's collapse during the United States 9/11 terrorist attack. Also includes responses to questions posed by BYU professor J. Ward Moody and answered by Steven E. Jones, integrated into Moody's research notes. Materials dated 2005-2006.

Dates: 2005-2006

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / J. Ward Moody faculty papers

J. Ward Moody papers on the Brigham Young University planetarium, 1958-2007

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 9603 Series 1

Scope and Contents Contains materials collected by BYU professor J. Ward Moody on the financing, construction, and dedication of the BYU planetarium, both the original 1958 Sarah Barrett Summerhays Planetarium Science Center and the 2005 replacement, the Royden G. Derrick Planetarium. Both were located in the Eyring Science Center on campus. Includes clippings, programs and other ephemera, the 2005 dedicatory prayer, University memos and letters regarding the planetarium's financing and proposal upgrade, and...

Dates: 1958-2007

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / J. Ward Moody faculty papers

J. Ward Moody faculty papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 9603

Scope and Contents Collection contains materials collected by BYU professor J. Ward Moody on the financing, construction, and dedication of the BYU planetarium including the original 1958 Sarah Barrett Summerhays Planetarium Science Center and the 2005 replacement, the Royden G. Derrick Planetarium. Includes clippings, programs, notes, memos, photographs, and negatives. Collection also contains correspondence between J. Ward Moody and BYU physics professor Steven E. Jones on the September 11th World Trade...