MALCOLM S. MORSE
Jan. 29, 1919- Jan 29, 1986
by Trudy Morse
A distinguished electronic engineer and scientist with the National Bureau of Standards, USA, Malcolm worked in the field of dynamic thermo- physical measurements in space.
He also found time to raise six children and to encourage his wife to write a newspaper column in Rockville, Md.
With his help, she worked as a real estate broker specializing in land development in Montgomery County. As President of the Rockville Garden Club she pioneered in land planning and protection of open space. Through her efforts, garden industry with spacious open space, came into Montgomery County, Md. With all his activities, he took night courses, to get a Law Degree, to help her with the complex contracts on land sales and development.
Malcolm encouraged her to participate as a political activitist working on national and international policies, at the same time organizing local 4-H Jr. Naturalist and Boy Scout activities. Starting new activities in the Arts for local 4-H children, a special Arts and Crafts Building has resulted from the small beginnings of the Twinbrook 4-H Club, at the Montgomery County Fair in Gaithersburg, Md.
At his suggestion and urging, his wife won a residency at Oxford University, to continue her writing of much poetry, and endless short essays, as well as a diary of her life at Oxford. Malcolm took early retirement at age 55, and she retired fromher professional career as a land consultant. They spent from four to six months each year travelling all over the world. Malcolm's research on anomalous phenomena has taken them to all five continents, including Africa, Australia, Europe, India, China and New Zealand.
They were the first to entire the Soviet Union, and the first to enter China in 1972.
In the USA, there were frequent camping trips, cross country, in national parks from the East to the West Coasts, as well as in Hawaii and Alaska.
In addition, he raised six children, all at the cutting edge of their own professions. In assuming many of the duties of raising the children, he encouraged and gave a lot of space for his wife to develop her own interests outside of the home and family. At the same time, the children were encouraged to develop their own life styles "Each child is born with his own belief system" was his method in raising children.
At this writing in 2006, twenty years after his death, there are 20 grandchildren, and six greats.
At New Jersey Institute of Technology, a Million Dollar Endowment is being planned honoring Malcolm S. Morse, graduate of 1942.
The Endowment to NJIT includes Department of Humanities, PhD in Bio Medical Engineering, and Post Doctoral Research in helping handicapped children.
Approaching age 88, I have become very active at NJIT. I am thrilled that women trained as engineers are working at high levels in the field of engineering, science, and bio-medical engineering.
I am particularly grateful to Khatmeh Osseiran-Hanna, Assistant Vice President, Office of Planned Giving, whose dedication, competence, and inspiration has en- couraged me to reach the Million Dollar goal, in honoring Malcolm S. Morse, twenty years after his return to eternal life.
Trudy Morse