John Alexander Moga

1937 - 2016

John A. Moga

John Alexander Moga, 79, died peacefully at Queen Anne Manor in Seattle, WA on December 23, 2016. John was born in Grand Forks, ND on May 23, 1937, the son of Alexander and Marian. During his childhood, the family lived in North Dakota, Wisconsin and Washington State. John attended Everett High School followed by Seattle University where he graduated in 1961 with a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting.

Following graduation, John joined the Seattle office of Arthur Andersen & Co. where he had a distinguished 39 year career. During the 70's and 80's John led the growth of the AA&Co. consulting business unit (later Andersen Consulting, then Accenture) to be the largest of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. From 1986 to his retirement in 1999, John was the Managing Partner of the Pacific Northwest Arthur Andersen practice (Seattle, Portland and Boise offices). From 1999 until very recently John held various consulting roles with Hitachi Consulting, Robert A. Underhill, PC and West Monroe Partners. John is perhaps most well-known for his mentoring and development of countless individuals throughout his career who have gone on to have very successful careers of their own.

Throughout his career, John was extraordinarily committed to civic leadership. He served on the Seattle University Board of Regents and chaired the Accounting Associates Advisory Board. He was also an Emeritus Member of the Foster School of Business Advisory Board at the University of Washington. He is also well known for his decades long involvement with the Seattle Art Museum Board of Trustees where he is a past president and the Seattle Repertory Theater Board of Trustees where he was also president and treasurer.

John also served on the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and was a founding board member of Business Volunteers for the Arts. John is survived by his son David, daughter-in-law Janet, granddaughters Zoe and Ava; his brother Bill and sister Patricia; nieces and nephews Steven, Erik, Catherine, Michael and Kristi. He was preceded in death by his sister Mary.

Visitation followed by a vigil service will be held from

3:00PM to 6:00PM on January 3

at Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home, 11111 Aurora Ave. N, Seattle. A funeral mass will be held at 10AM on January 4 at

St. Ignatius Chapel

on the campus of Seattle University followed by a private family interment.

There will be a Celebration of Life event for John held on a future date.

To honor John's memory, in lieu of flowers, the family has designated the Accenture / John A. Moga Endowment Fund for Consulting and Business Development at the University of Washington for memorial contributions. Donations can be made online using this link (tinyurl.com/MogaFund) or can be mailed to the address below.

Please make check donations out to the "UW Foundation" and specify "John A. Moga Fund" in the note.

Michael G. Foster

School of Business

University of Washington

Attn: Guy Schoonmaker

Box 353200 Seattle, WA 98195-3200