Lester Robert Morss

Background

Morss, Lester Robert was born on April 6, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Sumner M. and Sylvia F. (Woolf) Morss.

Education

Bachelor, Harvard University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1969.

Career

Postdoctoral research associate, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1969-1971; from assistant professor to associate professor, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1971-1980; chemist, senior chemist, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, since 1980. Visiting professor U. Liège, Belgium, 1978-1979, U. Paris, Orsay, 1993.

Achievements

• Lester Robert Morss has been listed as a noteworthy Chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant United States Navy, 1961-1965, Atlantic and Mediterranean. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society (secretary division nuclear chemistry and technical 1990-1992), American Nuclear Society, Sigma Xi (president Argonne chapter 1988-1989).

Connections

Married Helaine Sue Gubin, June 19,1966. Children: Sydney, Benjamin, Rebecca, Alisa.

Father:

Sumner M. Morss

Mother:

Sylvia F. (Woolf) Morss

Spouse:

Helaine Sue Gubin

child:

Benjamin Morss

child:

Alisa Morss

child:

Rebecca Morss

child:

Sydney Morss