At the time of his death, Mr. often in thick fog, heading for Moss was chairman of the board Northeast Harbor and a round of of the Cincinnati Stock Exchange. golf. He was an avid golfer, and Mr. Moss was born in the shot his only hole in one at the Bronx and graduated from The Northeast Harbor Golf Club Bronx High School of Science. during a Friday afternoon Prior to earning his law degree at scramble. He was known by all Columbia, he graduated from the for his sharp wit as well as for his Massachusetts College of pragmatic, but accepting, nature. Optometry. From 1951 to 1953 he Mr. Moss, who also resided in served as a lieutenant in the US New York City, is survived by his Air Force, and was a member of a wife, Jan: and four children, highly specialized team that made Rebecca Guyver. who lives in the significant advances in vision United Kingdom, Katherine technology including the gray Kehoe of San Francisco, lens in glasses. He also worked on Benjamin Moss of Boulder, a project to avoid aircraft Colo., and Joseph Wayland of accidents caused by target New York City: a brother, Gerald fascination. Moss of Palm Beach, Fla.; nine ( He graduated from Columbia grandchildren. University School of Law in 1956 and joined the legal staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. While at the SEC, he was I instrumental in developing the I government's policy on insider 1 trading. He prosecuted major I insider trading cases, including ( the landmark Texas Gulf Sulphur case. He was also on the staff of the commission's influential Special Study of Securities Markets. Subsequently, Mr. Moss had a long and distinguished career as a senior executive in the securities industry. He was the first full-time president of the Boston Stock Exchange from 1965 to 1969. He then joined the brokerage firm of A.G. Becker Inc. from 1969 until 1981, where he served as an executive vice president and member of its board. He was also a director of the American Stock Exchange from 1972 to 1975 and the Chicago Board Options Exchange from 1984 to 1995. Mr. Moss was instrumental in the Frederick Moss establishment of exchange traded Frederick Moss, 72, summer option markets in the United resident of Great Cranberry States. Island, died on July 27, 2001, at Mr. Moss, a avid golfer, was the Memorial Sloan-Kettering affectionately known to his Hospital in New York. family as "King," and his golfing friends called him "Fuzzy." It was a daily event to see him set off in his outboard motor boat.