Background
Morse, Richard was born on October 12, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Stearns and Helen Ward (Field) Morse.
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Richard Morse, American social scientist. Fellow Institute Current World Affairs, 1946-1949; recipient certificate of honor Hawaii House of Representatives, 1994. Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Member American Economic Association, American Agricultural Economics Association, American Association Asian Studies, Economists Allied for Arms Reduction, United Nations Association (executive board Hawaii division).
Education
AB, Dartmouth College, 1946. Postgraduate, Banaras Hindu University. Postgraduate, Aligarh Muslim University.
Postgraduate, Gokhale Institute Politics and Economics, India, 1947. Postgraduate, Columbia, 1950. A.M., ABD, Harvard, 1958.
Career
Education officer, ECA, Burma, 1950-1953;
assistant representative, Ford Foundation, Burma, 1954-1956;
senior international economist, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California, 1958-1964, 66-69;
consultant, Ford Foundation, India, 1964-1966;
industrial development consultant, Andover, Massachusetts, 1969-1974;
research associate, senior fellow, co-coordinator, Participatory Development Group East West Center, Honolulu, 1974-1994;
senior fellow emeritus, East West Center, Honolulu, since 1994. Study director NAS and National Academy Engineering International Panel on International Industrialization Institute, 1972-1973. Chairman of the Board Governors Institute Current World Affairs, 1972-1974, trustee, 1988-1991.
Board directors Institute World Affairs, 1988-1991, member of advisory county, since 1992. Co-founder, director Hawaii Entrepreneurship Training and Development Institute, since 1977. Member of advisory committee Immigrant Center Enterprise Project, Honolulu, 1992-1996.
Partner-founder Kalimat Moosilauke Publications, since 1996.
Achievements
Membership
Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Member American Economics Association, American Agricultural Economics Association, American Association Asian Studies, Economists Allied for Arms Reduction, United Nations Association (Executive Board Hawaii division).
Connections
Married Romola Thomas Chowdhry, June 23, 1949. Children: Ashok Daniel, Martha Sunita Kelly.
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American