| | Morton was born in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] in Jefferson County and the largest city in [[Alabama]], to Lindley C. Morton of [[California]] and the former Ruth Goddard,<ref>Google Books [https://books.google.com/books?id=uHqVYTkA08YC&pg=PA201]</ref> a native of [[Connecticut]]. Lindley and Ruth moved to Alabama because of his job with Portland Cement Company. The Mortons returned to California and reared their family of three sons and a daughter. Morton's brothers were Robert Morton and Coleman Morton (1919-2006), both of Pasadena, California; his surviving sister is Sylvia Morton Kingsley of [[San Francisco]].<ref name=statement>Statement of Katharine Allen Morton, September 24, 2008.</ref> | | Morton was born in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] in Jefferson County and the largest city in [[Alabama]], to Lindley C. Morton of [[California]] and the former Ruth Goddard,<ref>Google Books [https://books.google.com/books?id=uHqVYTkA08YC&pg=PA201]</ref> a native of [[Connecticut]]. Lindley and Ruth moved to Alabama because of his job with Portland Cement Company. The Mortons returned to California and reared their family of three sons and a daughter. Morton's brothers were Robert Morton and Coleman Morton (1919-2006), both of Pasadena, California; his surviving sister is Sylvia Morton Kingsley of [[San Francisco]].<ref name=statement>Statement of Katharine Allen Morton, September 24, 2008.</ref> |
| − | Morton graduated from the Hotchkiss School, a boarding school for boys, since coeducational, located in Lakeville in Litchfield County, [[Connecticut]]. He then attended [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], from which he graduated in the field of engineering in 1945. Thereafter, from 1945 to 1947, he was an ensign in the [[United States Navy]], having been commissioned through [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]]. In 1948, he married the former Katharine Hancock "Kathy" Allen (born 1926), the daughter of Robert Gray Allen, a former Democratic [[U.S. Representative]] from Greensburg in western [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name=obit>"Warren A. Morton" [[obituary]], ''Casper Star-Tribune,'' February 22, 2002.</ref> | + | Morton graduated from the Hotchkiss School, a boarding school for boys, since coeducational, located in Lakeville in Litchfield County, [[Connecticut]]. He then attended [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], from which he graduated in the field of engineering in 1945. Thereafter, from 1945 to 1947, he was an ensign in the [[United States Navy]], having been commissioned through [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]]. In 1948, he married the former Katharine Hancock "Kathy" Allen (born 1926), the daughter of Robert Gray Allen, a former Democratic [[U.S. Representative]] from Greensburg in western [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name=obit>Warren A. Morton obituary, ''Casper Star-Tribune,'' February 22, 2002.</ref> |
| | In 1952, Warren and Kathy Morton moved to Casper from [[Long Beach]], [[California]], where Morton had been a petroleum engineer. They had four sons. Frederick Lee "Ted" Morton (born 1949 in [[Los Angeles]]) is a [[political science]] professor on extended leave from the University of Calgary in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]], and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Allen Morton (born 1951) is a mergers and acquisitions specialist in [[San Francisco]]. Robert C. "Bob" Morton (born 1953) is an [[attorney]] in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]]. Warren Goddard Morton (born 1957) is a landman for True Oil Company and resides in Casper.<ref name=statement/><ref name=obit/> | | In 1952, Warren and Kathy Morton moved to Casper from [[Long Beach]], [[California]], where Morton had been a petroleum engineer. They had four sons. Frederick Lee "Ted" Morton (born 1949 in [[Los Angeles]]) is a [[political science]] professor on extended leave from the University of Calgary in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]], and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Allen Morton (born 1951) is a mergers and acquisitions specialist in [[San Francisco]]. Robert C. "Bob" Morton (born 1953) is an [[attorney]] in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]]. Warren Goddard Morton (born 1957) is a landman for True Oil Company and resides in Casper.<ref name=statement/><ref name=obit/> |