Bert Jasper Morris (1875-1959) graduated from Kansas Wesleyan University (1903), received a second A.B. from the University of California (1904), a B.D. from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley (1906), an A.M. from Harvard University (1907), and a Ph.D. from Boston University (1908). He was Professor of Philosophy and subsequently Acting President at the College of the Pacific in San Jose (1909-1918), spent two years at Harvard University with the Bureau of Vocational Guidance (1918-19), served as the Director of Religious Education and founder of the Wesley Foundation at UC Berkeley (1919-1925), was Religion and Community Editor and columnist with the Pacific Rural Press (1920s-1950s), and, pastored a church in Portola during the 1940s. Upon his retirement, Morris served as the California-Nevada Methodist Annual Conference Historical Society President (1950s).
From the description of Bert J. Morris Collection, 1907-1958 (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 70279248
