Background
Morris, Leonard Leslie was born on August 5, 1914 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Son of Ivan Leslie and Anna Eleanor (Huster) Morris.
educator horticulturist plant physiologist
Morris, Leonard Leslie was born on August 5, 1914 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Son of Ivan Leslie and Anna Eleanor (Huster) Morris.
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Purdue University, 1937. Master of Science, Cornell University, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1941.
From lecturer to professor vegetable crops, University of California, Davis, 1941-1982; professor emeritus, University of California, Davis, since 1982.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Horticultural Science (L.H. Vaugn award 1957). Member Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Marsaille Crandall, August 24, 1940.