Joshua Morse
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Joshua Morse is a Professor Emeritus at Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...

 in Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee, Florida
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.http://registrar.fsu.edu/bulletin/undergrad/info/univ_faculty05.htm Professor Morse’s formal name is Joshua M. Morse, III. He was the Dean of Florida State University College of Law
Florida State University College of Law
Florida State University College of Law is the law school of Florida State University in Tallahassee. The law school's highly accomplished and accessible law faculty delivers a program that has an interdisciplinary orientation designed to produce well-rounded and effective lawyers.The law school...

 from 1969 to 1980. He also served as a Professor in the College of Law, 1969 to 1998.

Professor Morse earned his JD in 1948 at the University of Mississippi
University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...

. In 1964, he earned distinction as a “Sterling Fellow” from Yale Law School
Yale Law School
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.http://mailer.fsu.edu/~jkoslow/studentprojects/pubhisfall06website/

Professor Morse also was Dean of the University of Mississippi
University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...

 Law School, 1962-1969. In 1969, while Dean at Ole Miss, Time Magazine reported Morse was “eased out” for showing the same “liberal” traits as his predecessor. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901064,00.html Joshua Morse departed Ole Miss to serve as Dean at FSU’s law school.

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