A native of Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of the class of 1943 at Bowdoin College, Morse served for 3 years in the U.S. Navy, rising to the rank of lieutenant.[2] He received his master's degree in 1947 and PhD under R. Bruce Lindsay in physics in 1949 from Brown University. There he was a faculty member from 1946 to 1964. He became an assistant professor in 1949, a full professor in 1958, physics department head in 1960, and college dean in 1962.[3]
Upon his death in 2001, Morse was survived by two sons, a daughter, and five grandchildren. His wife, Alice Cooper Morse, died in February 2000 after 57 years of marriage.[3]
References
^"Robert W. Morse". United States Congress, House Committee on Armed Services, Hearings,1965–66, No. 64. 1966.