Malcolm Charles Moos (April 19, 1916 – January 28, 1982) was an American political scientist, speechwriter, and academic administrator.

As a speechwriter, Moos wrote President Dwight Eisenhower's final warning about the influence of the military-industrial complex in 1961.

[1][2] He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in political science from the University of Minnesota.

[3] Moos joined President Eisenhower's staff as a special assistant in 1957 and became his chief speechwriter in 1958.

[3] In 1974, Moos was appointed executive director of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara, California.