Even at Yale Moses publicly defied authority when threatened over fundraising.

Evidence

With Moses organizing its fund drives, the association proved to be more vigorous than Camp had expected. When he realized the extent of its fund-raising efforts among alumni, traditional fountainhead of football funds, Moses was called in by Dean Wright and advised to be “calm and dignified.” Any “undue pressure” on alumni, he was warned, would result in the withdrawal of the $300 offer. Moses promptly made the threat public in the Courant and announced that the fund-raising would continue. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 189

Categorization

• XREF: Early instance of the defiance of authority figures that becomes the defining Moses pattern across five decades of New York power struggles.