Horace Moses was born in Ticonderoga, NY on September 21, 1863 and moved to Springfield, MA. where he became a highly successful and wealthy industrialist. He founded the Mittineague Paper Mill in West Springfield, MA, acquired the Woronoco Paper Company in Westfield, MA and merged them into the present day Strathmore Paper Company. He used his wealth to advance a wide range of causes to become a leading philanthropist.
He is best known as being one of the founders of Junior Achievement program in 1919. Junior Achievement is a is a worldwide non-profit organization whose mission is to prepare young people for work the adult world, to encourage entrepreneurship, and to teach financial literacy.
He active in the Boy Scout movement. His 1600 acre summer estate in Russell, MA was acquired by the Pioneer Valley Council of the B.S.A. and is now the Horace A. Moses Boy Scout Camp.
His interest in agriculture led him to befriend work of the 4-H Club. He became a member of the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work from 1925-1945 and sponsored the International 4-H Leader Training School in Springfield, MA. His interest in agriculture led him to establish the Hampden County Improvement League for the promotion of agricultural and built the Horace A. Moses Building at the Eastern States Exposition, a tax-exempt organization which operates the the largest agricultural fair in New England.
Moses did not forget his hometown of Ticonderoga, NY. He built the Hancock House as a repository for "American Traditions in History and the Fine Arts." He funded the construction of the Liberty Monument, the Moses-Ludington Hospital, and the Ticonderoga Community House. He also served on the board of Green Mountain College in nearby Poultney, VT where Moses Hall is named in his honor.
Horace A. Moses was honored by the United States postal Service with a commemorative stamp honoring him as a founder of Junior Achievement in 1984.