Birth Death 1878-1970

Term 1945-46 [pro tem]

Alpheus Kaspar Morris was born in Glenwood, Indiana on May 15, 1878, the son of White Brown and Mary Payne Morris. He graduated from Miami in 1908 having spent some years working before entering college including four years with Marhall Field and Company in Chicago. Following graduation he served a year as superintendent of schools in Clark, County Ohio. From 1909 to 1922 Mr. Morris was engaged in Y.M.C.A. work in Hamilton, New York City, and Cincinnati. For a time in 1918-19 he was acting state secretary for all Y.M.C.A.'s in Ohio. During this time he married a Miami classmate, Arminta Baughman, and they had threee children--Genevieve '32 (Mrs. Clifford E. Scott), Wilord E. '36, and Esther Jeanne '46 (Mrs. Robert Sinclair) In 1922 he returned to Miami as an assistant Raymond M. Hughes. His duties consisted of correspondence with prospective students, assigning rooms, administering loan funds, supervising men's dormitories, and serving as alumni secretary and editor of the alumni newsletter. He retained all of these duties and added others after President Alfred H. Upham succeeded President Hughes. In 1937 he was named vice president. Although he planned to retire in June of 1945, he was drafted to take over after President Upham died in February of that year. He served as acting president until President Hahne took over on April 1, 1946 and retired immediately thereafter. He was named vice president emeritus in 1946. Several honors came to Mr. Morris both before and after his retirement. In 1946 Miami conferred an LL.D. degree on him. In 1947 an Alumni Asssociation award was established to honor an alumnus and staff member and he was the first recipient. Later the A.K. Morris Award was established to honor extraordinary service to the alumni program by a member of the staff or faculty. His memberships included Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, the Oxford Kiwanis Club, and the Memorial Presbyterian Church. At one time he was a director and president of the Oxford National Bank. He owned and operated farms in nearby Indiana. He died in Oxford on January 2, 1970. [Glos, Biographies of Men and Women for Whom Miami Buildings Are Named].





Alpheus Kaspar Morris was born in Glenwood, Indiana on May 15, 1878, the son of White Brown and Mary Payne Morris. He graduated from Miami University in 1908 having spent some years working before entering college four years with Marshall Field and Company in Chicago. Following graduation he served a year as superintendent of schools in Clark County, Ohio. From 1909 to 1922 Mr. Morris was engaged in Y.M.C.A. work in Hamilton, New York City and Cincinnati. For a time in 1918-1919 he was acting state secretary for all Y.M.C.A.'s in Ohio. During this time he married a Miami classmate. Arminta Baughman, and they had three children--Genevieve '32 (Mrs. Clifford E. Scott), Wilford E. '36, and Esther Jeanne '46 (Mrs. Robert Sinclair). In 1922 he returned to Miami as an assistant to Raymond M. Hughes. His duties consisted of correspondence with prospective students, assigning rooms, administering loan funds, supervising men's dormitories, and serving as alumni secretary and editor of the alumni newsletter. He retained all of these duties and added others after President Alfred H. Upham succeeded President Hughes. In 1937 he was named vice president. Although he planned to retire in June of 1945, he was drafted to take over after President Upham died in February of the year. He served as acting president until President Hahne took over on April 1, 1946 and retired immediately thereafter. He was named vice president emeritus in 1946. Several honors came to Mr. Morris both before and after his retirement. In 1946 Miami conferred an L.L.D. degree on him. In 1947 an Alumni Association award was established to honor an alumnus and staff member and he was the first recipient. Later the A.K. Morris Award was established to honor extraordinary service to the alumni program by a member of the staff or faculty. Morris Hall on the Miami campus is named for him. His memberships include Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, the Oxford Kiwanis Club, and the Memorial Presbyterian Church. At one time he was the director and president of the Oxford National Bank. He owned and operated farms in nearby Indiana. He died on October 2, 1970.