West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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THIS MOMTI USSELL LOVE MOREIS was bnrn at Teays, Putnam County, West Viiginia, on Nnvemljer 14, 1868. Upon the completion of his elemen- tary education he entered West Virginia University in the fall of 1885. He studied in the Collri;e of Engineerinf; for three years and then re- turned to his native county to engage in the timber business. During this period he developed that business shrewdness which has in later A-eais made him a prominent tigure in the city of Morgantown and began his career as a public servant by serving as deputy sheriff of Puutnam ccninty. He returned to the University in 1802 and was graduated in the spring of lSf).5 with th- B. S. C. E. Degree. Prof. Morris ' teaching connection with the University began in the year of his graduation by his appointment as Assistant in Civil and Mining Engineering. He was pro- moted to the rank of Instructor in 1897; Assistant Professor in 1898 and Professor in 1110:1. In 1907 he was made Professor of Civil Engineering and in 1911 Professor of Railway and Highway Engineering. During the early days of his teaching he continued his studies in engineering and had the C. E. degree conferred upon him in 1898. Professor Morris has further served his state as Draftsman of the West Virginia Geological Survey. Ui this capacity he prepared the tivst publishcl genlogi,-al mai. of the state. He has later prepared detail maps of Marion and Monongalia counties. He was city engineer of Morgantown for three years and is at present consulting enginner for the State Board of Agriculture. Although it may seem strange in a teacher Prof. Morris has considerable business ability. He has been a party to m;iiy of the real estate transactions which have taken place in Morgantown and has shown a lively interest in the progress of that city. It is the students of the College of Engineering who know Prof. Morris best and ad- mire him most. They have come in contact with him in the class-.oon, and in the field and thev appreciate his interest in them and their work. He likes to be with the boys; to talk with them and know them. Here lies the heart of his work: here it is that he has served the university and the state best of all, for no graduate of that college will ever forget him or the title by ' which he is familiarly known on the campus. Prof. ■•Sport Morris. 1 9ZZ : .- ' ' f ri4 £ -: . Mm im -y. .

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