Background
Morse, Harold Marston was born on March 24, 1892 in Waterville, Maine, United States. Son of Howard Calvin and Ella Phoebe (Marston) Morse.
Morse, Harold Marston was born on March 24, 1892 in Waterville, Maine, United States. Son of Howard Calvin and Ella Phoebe (Marston) Morse.
Graduate Coburn Classical Institute, Waterville, 1910. Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Colby College, 1914, Doctor of Science, 1934. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1915, Doctor of Philosophy, 1917.
Doctor (honorary), Paris, 1946, Vienna, 1952, Rennes, 1953, U. Maryland., 1955, Brooklyn Polytech., 1956, U. Notre Dame, 1956, Boston College, Fordham, 1958, Modena (Italy), 1975.
Doctor of Science, Colby College, 1935, Kenyon College, 1948, Pisa, 1948, LaSalle College, 1960, Williams College, 1959, Saint Peter’s College, 1961, Harvard, 1965, U. Maine, 1971. Doctor of Laws, Xavier University, 1961, Mundelein College, 1967.
Doctor of Letters, Yeshiva University, 1962.
Assistant professor mathematics Cornell Univercity, 1920-1925. Associate professor Brown University, 1925-1926. Assistant professor mathematics Harvard, 1926-1928, associate professor, 1928-1929, professor, 1929-1935, chairman tutors in mathematics, 1933-1935.
Professor Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1935-1977.
Consultant Office Chief Ordnance, United States Army, 1943-1946. Chairman United States National Committee Mathematics 1958-1977.
Vice president International Mathematics Union, 1958-1977. Member board National Science Foundation, 1950-1954.
Chairman division mathematics National Research Council, 1951-1952.
Member board National Science Foundation, 1950-1954. Served as private Army of the United States, 1918-1919. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, National Academy Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president 1939).
Member American Philosophical Society, Mathematics Society American (vice president 1933-1935, president 1940-1942.
Member Heidelberg Academy Sciences.
Married second, Louise Jefferys, January 13, 1940. Children (by previous marriage): Meroe Marston (deceased), Dryden Phelps.