Richard Charles Morrison

Background

Morrison, Richard Charles was born on January 24, 1938 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Roland Charles and Gertrude Lucille (Guimond) Morrison.

Education

AB, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1959; Master of Science, Yale University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1965.

Career

Assistant professor, New Haven College, West Haven, Connecticut, 1963-1967; associate physicist, Ames (Iowa) Laboratory/United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1967-1974; professor physics, U. New Haven, 1974-1980; dean, U. New Haven, 1980-1983; professor physics, U. New Haven, since 1983. Visiting professor Building Research Establishment, Watford, England, 1977-1978. Summer faculty fellow United States Navy Underwater Systems Center, New London, Connecticut, 1984, 85.

Achievements

• Richard Charles Morrison has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, lecturer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member archbishops pastoral county Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut, since 1987. Member coordinating committee 1992 Synod, Hartford, since 1989. Member American Physical Society (vice chair New England section 1991-1992), American Association Physics Teachers, Optical Society American.

Interests

• Avocations: Scottish country dancing, hiking, canoeing.

Connections

Married Patricia Ann Wupperfeld, June 25, 1960. Children: Patricia, Katrina, Maria, Andrea.

Father:

Roland Charles Morrison

Mother:

Gertrude Lucille (Guimond) Morrison

Spouse:

Patricia Ann Wupperfeld

child:

Katrina Morrison

child:

Patricia Morrison

child:

Maria Morrison

child:

Andrea Morrison