S. E. Morison, Ten Other Alumni Win Presidential Medals

Samuel Eliot Morison '08, Jonathan Trumbell Professor of American History, Emeritus, and Historian on the 300th Anniversary of Harvard College, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom last week.

He was one of 30 people honored by President Johnson for "exceptionally meritorious contributions to the security or national interest of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors."

In all, 11 Harvard alumni received medals. Others were Detlev W. Bronk, S.D. '53; Aaron Copland, D. Mus. '60; Walt Disney '28 (hon.), M.A. (hon.) '38; T. S. Eliot '10; Walter Lippman '10; Ralph McGill, LL. D. '60; Reinhold Niebuhr, S.T.D. '44; Carl Sandburg, Litt. D. '40; Dr. Helen B. Taussig S.D. '59; and Dr. Paul Dudley White '08.

At Harvard Since 1915

Morison taught history at Harvard, as an instructor, lecturer and professor, from 1915 to 1955. He was Harold V. Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University, 1922-1925.

He has won Pulitzer Prizes for his biographies of Christopher Columbus and John Paul Jones. He is also the author of the 15-volume History of U.S. Naval Operations in World War II.