Richard S. Morse
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| name = Richard Stetson Morse
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| birth_place = Abington, Massachusetts, US
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Richard S. Morse (August 19, 1911 – July 1, 1988) was an American inventor and scientist credited with the invention of orange juice concentrate.
Early life and education
Morse was born in Abington, Massachusetts on August 19, 1911. He received a B.S. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1933 and did graduate work in physics at the Technische Hochschule Munich, Germany. He also received honorary doctorates from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute (1959) and Clark University.
Career
Following graduation, Morse spent 5 years in research work at Eastman Kodak Co. and Distillation Products, Inc. in Rochester, New York.{{cite journal |date=March 1961 |journal=Army Research and Development Newsmagazine}}{{full citation needed|date=June 2016}} He was the co-founder of Minute Maid and would later go on to become a member of the National Academy of Engineering, Assistant Secretary of the Army, and a senior lecturer at Sloan School of Management of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.{{cite news |last=Saxon |first=Wolfgang |date=4 July 1988 |title=Richard S. Morse, 76, an Inventor Of Orange Juice Concentrate, Dies |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/04/obituaries/richard-s-morse-76-an-inventor-of-orange-juice-concentrate-dies.html |accessdate=November 12, 2014}}{{cite book |last=Perkins |first=Courtland D. |date=1992 |title=National Academy of Engineering: Memorial Tributes |volume=5 |chapter=Richard Stetson Morse |publisher=National Academy Press |location=Washington D.C. |doi=10.17226/1966 |isbn=978-0-309-04689-3 |url=http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=1966&page=205}}{{cite news |author= |date=July 5, 1988 |title=Richard S. Morse, 76, Scientist Who Founded Minute Maid Corp. |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1988/07/05/richard-s-morse-76-scientist-who-founded-minute-maid-corp/}}
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Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
Category:Technical University of Munich alumni
Category:MIT Sloan School of Management faculty
Category:20th-century American inventors
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