Richard H. Morris, 3d,
Crop Engineer, dies.
Richard Henry Morris, 3d, a special assistant to the director of the U, S, Agricultural Department's Eastern Utilization and Research and Development Division in Wyndmoor, died Tuesday in Chestnut Hill Hospital He was 64.
Mr., Morris, who lived at 7830 Winston rd., was a chemical engineer, and a pioneer in developing and promoting commercial uses for agricultural products. He was a member of an old Philadelphia family,
He helped develop acetate rayon manufacture markets for E.J. du Pont de Nemours & Co, in Europe and new techniques for making cellulose acetate for the U. S. Industrial Chemicals of Baltimore, and he developed markets for edible oil products.
LEHIGH GRADUATE
A graduate in chemical engineering at Lehigh University in 1922, Mr. Morris had been with the Government laboratory at Wyndmoor since 1943, He was a naval officer in the First World War. In 1960, he was awarded the highest honor of the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture at its 175th anniversary dinner.
Mr. Morris received the U. S, Department of Agriculture's Distinguished Service and Superior Service Awards, as a member of teams responsible for commercializing and developing the products.
UN PARLEY DELEGATE
He also was a delegate to the United Nations scientific conference on conservation and utilization of resources.
He is survived by bis wife, the former Kathrine Augusta Righter, two daughters, Kathrine Margaret, and Mrs. George Barnes: his mother, Mrs. Richard H. Morris, and two sisters, Mrs. T. Lea Perot, and Mrs. Wiliam H. Clausen.
Philadelphia Inquirer, August 23, 1961.
Crop Engineer, dies.
Richard Henry Morris, 3d, a special assistant to the director of the U, S, Agricultural Department's Eastern Utilization and Research and Development Division in Wyndmoor, died Tuesday in Chestnut Hill Hospital He was 64.
Mr., Morris, who lived at 7830 Winston rd., was a chemical engineer, and a pioneer in developing and promoting commercial uses for agricultural products. He was a member of an old Philadelphia family,
He helped develop acetate rayon manufacture markets for E.J. du Pont de Nemours & Co, in Europe and new techniques for making cellulose acetate for the U. S. Industrial Chemicals of Baltimore, and he developed markets for edible oil products.
LEHIGH GRADUATE
A graduate in chemical engineering at Lehigh University in 1922, Mr. Morris had been with the Government laboratory at Wyndmoor since 1943, He was a naval officer in the First World War. In 1960, he was awarded the highest honor of the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture at its 175th anniversary dinner.
Mr. Morris received the U. S, Department of Agriculture's Distinguished Service and Superior Service Awards, as a member of teams responsible for commercializing and developing the products.
UN PARLEY DELEGATE
He also was a delegate to the United Nations scientific conference on conservation and utilization of resources.
He is survived by bis wife, the former Kathrine Augusta Righter, two daughters, Kathrine Margaret, and Mrs. George Barnes: his mother, Mrs. Richard H. Morris, and two sisters, Mrs. T. Lea Perot, and Mrs. Wiliam H. Clausen.
Philadelphia Inquirer, August 23, 1961.
Richard H. Morris, 3d,
Crop Engineer, dies.
Richard Henry Morris, 3d, a special assistant to the director of the U, S, Agricultural Department's Eastern Utilization and Research and Development Division in Wyndmoor, died Tuesday in Chestnut Hill Hospital He was 64.
Mr., Morris, who lived at 7830 Winston rd., was a chemical engineer, and a pioneer in developing and promoting commercial uses for agricultural products. He was a member of an old Philadelphia family,
He helped develop acetate rayon manufacture markets for E.J. du Pont de Nemours & Co, in Europe and new techniques for making cellulose acetate for the U. S. Industrial Chemicals of Baltimore, and he developed markets for edible oil products.
LEHIGH GRADUATE
A graduate in chemical engineering at Lehigh University in 1922, Mr. Morris had been with the Government laboratory at Wyndmoor since 1943, He was a naval officer in the First World War. In 1960, he was awarded the highest honor of the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture at its 175th anniversary dinner.
Mr. Morris received the U. S, Department of Agriculture's Distinguished Service and Superior Service Awards, as a member of teams responsible for commercializing and developing the products.
UN PARLEY DELEGATE
He also was a delegate to the United Nations scientific conference on conservation and utilization of resources.
He is survived by bis wife, the former Kathrine Augusta Righter, two daughters, Kathrine Margaret, and Mrs. George Barnes: his mother, Mrs. Richard H. Morris, and two sisters, Mrs. T. Lea Perot, and Mrs. Wiliam H. Clausen.
Philadelphia Inquirer, August 23, 1961.
Crop Engineer, dies.
Richard Henry Morris, 3d, a special assistant to the director of the U, S, Agricultural Department's Eastern Utilization and Research and Development Division in Wyndmoor, died Tuesday in Chestnut Hill Hospital He was 64.
Mr., Morris, who lived at 7830 Winston rd., was a chemical engineer, and a pioneer in developing and promoting commercial uses for agricultural products. He was a member of an old Philadelphia family,
He helped develop acetate rayon manufacture markets for E.J. du Pont de Nemours & Co, in Europe and new techniques for making cellulose acetate for the U. S. Industrial Chemicals of Baltimore, and he developed markets for edible oil products.
LEHIGH GRADUATE
A graduate in chemical engineering at Lehigh University in 1922, Mr. Morris had been with the Government laboratory at Wyndmoor since 1943, He was a naval officer in the First World War. In 1960, he was awarded the highest honor of the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture at its 175th anniversary dinner.
Mr. Morris received the U. S, Department of Agriculture's Distinguished Service and Superior Service Awards, as a member of teams responsible for commercializing and developing the products.
UN PARLEY DELEGATE
He also was a delegate to the United Nations scientific conference on conservation and utilization of resources.
He is survived by bis wife, the former Kathrine Augusta Righter, two daughters, Kathrine Margaret, and Mrs. George Barnes: his mother, Mrs. Richard H. Morris, and two sisters, Mrs. T. Lea Perot, and Mrs. Wiliam H. Clausen.
Philadelphia Inquirer, August 23, 1961.
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