Melvin S. Morris was Professor of Range Management in the School of Forestry at the University of Montana-Missoula. Born July 9, 1907 in Denver, Colorado, he received his B.S. in Forestry in 1930 and M.S. in Botany in 1932 from Colorado State University. Professor. Morris did advanced work in botany at the University of Chicago in 1940-1941. He began teaching and research at the University of Montana in the fall of 1936. He conducted research in fields of grassland ecology, range management and wildlife nutrition. In 1954-1956, he was project manager for a study of elk nutrition in the Blackfoot Valley for the Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit. Professor Morris wrote numerous articles which have been published by the Montana Forest and Conservation Experiment Station and by professional journals. Mr. Morris was president (1966-1967) of the American Society of Range Management and was affiliated with several other professional organizations. He was president of the Montana Academy of Science in 1946. His academic and honorary affiliations include Alpha Zeta, Phi Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, and Chi Sigma Pi. He was a fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science and an Honor Alumnus of College of Forestry, Colorado State University. Professor Morris retired June 30, 1972. In the mid-1970s, he served on the Navajo Environmental Protection Commission. He died at his home in Missoula on November 9, 1986.
From the guide to the Melvin S. Morris Papers, 1925-1981, (University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections)
