Joshua Morse

Joshua Morse is a Professor Emeritus at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. [http://registrar.fsu.edu/bulletin/undergrad/info/univ_faculty05.htm] Professor Morse’s formal name is Joshua M. Morse, III. He was the Dean of Florida State University College of Law from 1969 to 1980. He also served as a Professor in the College of Law, 1969 to 1998.

Professor Morse earned his JD in 1948 at the University of Mississippi. In 1964, he earned distinction as a “Sterling Fellow” from Yale Law School. [http://mailer.fsu.edu/~jkoslow/studentprojects/pubhisfall06website/]

Professor Morse also was Dean of the University of Mississippi Law School, 1962-1969. In 1969, while Dean at Ole Miss, "Time Magazine" reported Morse was “eased out” for showing the same “liberal” traits as his predecessor. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901064,00.html] Joshua Morse departed Ole Miss to serve as Dean at FSU’s law school.

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* [http://mailer.fsu.edu/~jkoslow/studentprojects/pubhisfall06website/ Exploring FSU's Past: A Public History Project, Fall 2006]