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Morse, Robert Warren was born on May 25, 1921 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Walter L. and Ethel (Prince) Morse.
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Robert Warren Morse, American Research administrator. Recipient Navy Distinguished Public Service medal, 1966. Overseer Bowdoin College, 1971-1987. Served to Lieutenant (senior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American Physical Society (chairman division solid state physics 1963-1964), Acoustical Society American (president 1965-1966), American Academy Arts and Sciences; member Woods Hole Golf Club, Sigma Xi.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Bowdoin College, 1943; Honorary Doctor of Science, Bowdoin College, 1966; Sc.M., Brown U., 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Brown U., 1949.
Career
Member faculty, Brown U., 1946-1964;
professor physics, Brown U., 1958-1964;
department chairman, Brown U., 1960-1962;
dean college, Brown U., 1962-1964;
assistant secretary of navy, research and development, Washington, 1964-1966;
president, Case Institute Technology, 1966-1967;
president, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1967-1971;
director research, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institution, 1971-1973;
senior scientist, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institution, 1973-1983;
scientist emeritus, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institution, since 1983;
associate director, dean graduate studies, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institution, 1973-1979. Director Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Industries, Research Corporation Technology. Howard Foundation fellow RoyalSoc.
Mond Laboratory, Cambridge (England) University, 1954-1955. Member committee undersea warfare National Academy Sciences, 1957-1964, chairman, 1962-1964. Visiting lecturer U. Oslo, 1962.
Chairman interagency committee oceanography Federal Council of Scientific and Technology, 1964-1966. Chairman of the Board on human resources National Academy Sciences, 1970-1974, chairman ocean affairs board, 1971-1976. Visiting scientist Scripps Institution Oceanography, La Jolla, California, 1982.
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Overseer Bowdoin College, 1971-1987. Served to Lieutenant (senior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American Physical Society (chairman division solid state physics 1963-1964), Acoustical Society American (president 1965-1966), American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Member Woods Hole Golf Club, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Alice Muriel Cooper, January 25, 1943. Children: Robert Warren, Pamela Morse Moschetti, James Prince.
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