William W. Moss III (1935-2007) was an American archivist and Chinese language specialist.
During his time in the United States Navy, he spent a year studying Chinese at the Army Language School in Monterey, California He later attended Columbia University in New York City, and studied Chinese, government, and public law there from 1963 to 1964, receiving a Master of Arts a year later.
In 1964 he began working at the National Security Agency as an Intelligence Research Analyst in foreign language, and held this position until 1969, after which he became an Oral History Interviewer at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts.
After retiring in 1993, he took up teaching at the Foreign Affairs University in Beijing, China, in the International Programs Office.
“Exquisite Art and Precious Archives: China’s Records in Bronze.” The American Archivist 52, no.
Moss, William W. “The Archives Law of the People’s Republic of China: A Summary and Commentary.” The American Archivist 54, no.