Background
Morton, Jerry Lee was born on May 7, 1943 in South Bend, Indiana, United States. Son of Wade Donovan and Regina Helen Morton.
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Footprints and friends: Conversations from Hat Creek to Nirvana
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Jerry Lee Morton
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Jerry Lee Morton, American Journalist. Recipient Juror's award Our Town Art Show, Birmingham, Michigan, 1996; McCormick scholar Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1965; National Endowment for Humanities junior fellow University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1976; Fulbright professor journalism, Timisoara, Romania, 1993.
Education
Associate of Arts, Lake Michigan College, 1963; Bachelor in Journalism with high honors, Michigan State University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy in Higher Education, Michigan State University, 1991; Master of Science in Journalism, Northwestern University, 1966.
Career
Reporter, Hammond (Indiana) Times, 1969-1971; free-lance writer in the Middle East, 1971-1972; columnist, The Enquirer, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1973-1978; reporter, Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal, 1979-1980; professor journalism, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1981-1986, 89-93; professor journalism, Western Michigan U., Kalamazoo, 1987-1988; vice president, partner, ComServ International, East Lansing, since 1991. Consultant writer, photographer Will Keith Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek. President The Jerry Lee Press, East Lansing, since 1985.
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Volunteers in Service to America volunteer Cmty. Action Agency, Baltimore, 1966-1968. Writer, editor National Violence Commission, Chicago, 1968.
District director McGovern Campaign, Michigan, since 1972. Writer and lecturer on history of capital punishment. Member Barry County History Society, Fulbright Association, Sigma Delta Chi, KappaTau Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi.
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Religion
Roman Catholic
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Recipient Juror's award Our Town Art Show, Birmingham, Michigan, 1996. McCormick scholar Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1965. National Endowment for Humanities junior fellow University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1976. Fulbright professor journalism, Timisoara, Romania, 1993.Recipient Juror's award Our Town Art Show, Birmingham, Michigan, 1996. McCormick scholar Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1965. National Endowment for Humanities junior fellow University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1976.
Fulbright professor journalism, Timisoara, Romania, 1993.