Background
Morlan, Merwyn Eugene was born on October 25, 1917 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Willard Merwyn Morlan and Edna Eugenia Collins.
Morlan, Merwyn Eugene was born on October 25, 1917 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Willard Merwyn Morlan and Edna Eugenia Collins.
Bachelor, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 1939. Masters, George Peabody College, Nashville, 1945. Doctor of Education, George Peabody College, Nashville, 1966.
Music and social studies teacher Westfield (Illinois) Township High School, 1939—1941. Supervisor music Shenandoah County Virginia Public Schools, Woodstock, 1941—1954. Director professional programs Music Educators National Conference, Washington, 1955—1985.
Sergeant United States Army, 1945-1946.
God is the father of every human being. He has a body and emotions like human beings, and therefore he is literally the father to all people living on earth.
President Lions International, Westfield, Illinois, 1939—1940, Woodstock, Virginia, 1948—1949, Shenandoah Company Chapter for Crippled Children, Woodstock, 1946—1948. Conductor Woodstock (Virginia) Community Chorus, 1946—1952, McLean (Virginia) Choral Society, 1992—1994. Minister of music Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 1958—1971.
Conductor McLean (Virginia) Ward I Choir, 1971—2001. Conductor, musical director The Mormon Choir of Washington (District of Columbia), 1980—2000. Chairman, conductor Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington (District of Columbia), 1987—1997.
Conductor emeritus Mormon Choir of Washington (District of Columbia), 2000. Conductor McLean (Virginia) Handbell Choir, 1971.
Married Betty B. James, June 8, 1940. Children: Richard Eugene, Ann Christine Bayba, Steven Collins, Mary Eugenia Howell, John Allan, Beth Ann Schill, Michelle Mary St. Clair.