Richard McGee Morse ’43

Dick died Apr. 17, 2001, at his home in Petionville, Haiti, from the effects of Alzheimer's disease. He was 78.

A New Jersey native raised in Connecticut, Dick prepped for Princeton at Hotchkiss (where Tom Barbour was a classmate). He was a member of Cloister Inn. Following graduation, he served in the Navy during WWII. Later, he attended Columbia and obtained his master's and doctoral degree in history.

Dick retired from the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., in 1989. During his tenure there, he served as secretary of the Center's Latin American program. Prior to that time, Dick taught history for more than three decades at Columbia, Yale, and Stanford.

Dick is survived by his wife, the Haitian singer and folklorist Emerante de Pradines Morse; a daughter, Marise Morse-Mahos; a son, Richard A.; and three grandchildren.

To the entire family, we extend our most heartfelt condolences.

The Class of 1943