Walter Morgan

Background

Morgan, Walter was born on December 22, 1921 in Ledyard, Connecticut, United States. Son of Walter Clifford and Margaret (Allyn) Morgan.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Connecticut, 1946; Master of Science, George Washington University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, George Washington University, 1953.

Career

Animal husbandman, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1946-1949; research associate Nevis Research Station,, Columbia University, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, 1950-1953; assistant professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1953-1954; associate professor, professor, South Dakot State University, Brookings, 1954-1985; retired,, 1985; foreign expert on English and genetics, People's Republic China, 1991. Researcher biology division Nuclear Energy Center, Mol, Belgium, 1968-1969, genetics division Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Sydney, Australia, 1975-1976. Consultant, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1988, Europe, 1944, 69, 84, 95.

Achievements

• Walter Morgan has been listed as a noteworthy poultry science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Former scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Brookings. President Men's Brotherhood, Brookings, 1974, United States Friends Foreign Students, Brookings, 1986-1997. Sergeant United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations.

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Genetics Association, World Poultry assosiation, New York Academy.Scis., South Dakot Academy Science (president).

Connections

Married Marcella Hodge, December 28, 1948 (divorced 1960). Children: Nancy, Peggy, Beth. Married Helen Naden, May 14, 1966.

Father:

Walter Clifford Morgan

Mother:

Margaret (Allyn) Morgan

Spouse:

Marcella Hodge

Spouse:

Helen Naden

child:

Peggy Morgan

child:

Beth Morgan

child:

Nancy Morgan