Success and
Significance Voyages touches base with Perry Moss (’83). by BRIAN McGUIRE
W
hen Perry Moss returned to Christopher Newport for the first time in 32 years, it came as something of a shock.
“I ALMOST DROVE my car off the road,” he laughs. “I immedi-
ately called my wife and said, ‘You’re not going to believe it; this is probably the most beautiful campus I’ve ever seen.’ My heart is overflowing with pride that I attended here.” Moss graduated in 1983 with a degree in business and fondly recalls his student years, particularly the learning environment and sense of community he found under the mentorship of business professors Susan Casey and Algin King, and Anthony Tseng of the Psychology Department. He was taken by how welcoming and close-knit the campus community was – a trait deeply rooted at Christopher Newport – and still flourishing today. “We felt like we were connected to every one of the faculty – we would walk on campus and know everybody, and when we visited other schools we knew we had something very special here,” he says. During his recent trip to campus, Moss revisited his student days, including his role as a charter member of the baseball club, which evolved into a varsity sport in 1982. “Back then
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