born , Sept. 27, 1886, Berea, Ohio, U.S.
died Feb. 18, 1975, Phoenix, Ariz.
U.S. educator and political adviser.
He taught political science at Columbia University from 1923 to 1954. In the 1920s he prepared studies of criminal justice in a number of cities for New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt . When Roosevelt was preparing for his 1932 presidential campaign, Moley formed the Brain Trust to advise him on national issues. Moley wrote many of Roosevelt's campaign speeches and coined the term New Deal . From 1937 to 1968 he was a contributing editor of Newsweek magazine.