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{{Infobox person
| name=Morris Newton Abrams
(American educator)
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| birth_date=November 30, 1919
| death_date=December 11, 1975 (aged 56)
| birth_place=Winnfield, [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
| death_place=Clinton, East Feliciana Parish
| spouse=Minnie Louise DeLee Abrams (married, 1941-1975, his death)<br>
'''Children''':<br>
Carolyn Sue Reece<br>
Marcia Diane Cox<br>
Doris Celeste Hay<br>
Candice Louise Thibodeaux}}
'''Morris Newton Abrams''' (November 30, 1919 – December 11, 1975) was a [[Louisiana]] [[educator]] who specialized in the field of vocational education.
Abrams was born in Winnfield, north of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, a son of William Charles Abrams (1889–1945) and the former Cora Bell Sowers (1892–1963). He was educated in the public schools in rural [[Sikes, Louisiana|Sikes]] in Winn Parish. He thereafter received his Bachelor of Science, [[Master of Science]], and [[Ph.D.]] from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-a/|title=Abrams, Morris Newton|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association, ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' (lahistory.org)|accessdate=April 6, 2020}}</ref>
On February 1, 1941, Abrams married the former Minnie Louise DeLee (1919–2001)<ref name=ccmcc>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2167290|title=Clear Creek Methodist Church Cemetery burials|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 24, 2010}}</ref> of Clinton in East Feliciana Parish near Baton Rouge. Their children are Carolyn Sue Reece (born 1942), Marcia Diane Cox (born 1951), Doris Celeste Hay (born 1952), and Candice Louise Thibodeaux (born 1957).<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site18.php|title=Abrams, Morris Newton|publisher=[[Louisiana Historical Association]], ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' (lahistory.org)|accessdate=December 24, 2010}}</ref>
Abrams' first teaching assignment was at Friendship High School in the Friendship community in Bienville Parish. He soon moved to Winnfield High School, since Winnfield Senior High School, at which he was a faculty member from 1940 to 1944. He left teaching temporarily to serve in the 3rd Armored Division of the [[United States Army]] in [[World War II]].<ref name=lahist/> He reached the rank of master sergeant.<ref name=ccmcc/> The division had been activated in 1941 at Camp Beauregard near [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in Rapides Parish.
From 1950-1955, he was an [[associate professor]] of agricultural education at [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], [[Texas]]. In 1955, Abrams returned to Winnfield to serve a year as the Winn Parish school superintendent. Then, from 1956 to 1960, he was professor of vocational agricultural education at his ''alma mater,'' LSU. He was from 1960 to 1962 the director of the LSU School of Vocational Education.<ref name=lahist/>
In 1962, Abrams relocated to Alexandria to become the dean of the then two-year Louisiana State University at Alexandria.<ref>''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' December 18, 1961.</ref> his final position, which ended with his death. Much later, LSU-A in 2002 became a four-year institution. Abrams received various awards in his field of educational specialization. He was a member of Phi Delta Kappa], Alpha Zeta, and Alpha Tau Alpha.<ref name=lahist/>
Abrams died at the age of fifty-six in Clinton and is interred beside his wife at Clear Creek [[Methodist Church]] Cemetery in Felixville in East Feliciana Parish.<ref name=ccmcc/><ref>''Alexandria Daily Town Talk'', December 11, 1975.</ref>
Morris Abrams Hall at LSU-A is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsua.edu/About/Campus|title=Campus Map:Louisiana State University, Alexandria|publisher=lsua.edu|accessdate=December 24, 2010}}</ref> There is also a Morris N. Abrams Scholarship available to full-time students who are dependents of LSU-A faculty or staff.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sfa.lsua.edu/types/scholarships/endowed/Default.aspx|title=Scholarships: Endowed|publisher=sfa.lsua.edu|accessdate=December 27, 2010}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
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[[Category:Professors]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
| name=Morris Newton Abrams
(American educator)
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| birth_date=November 30, 1919
| death_date=December 11, 1975 (aged 56)
| birth_place=Winnfield, [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
| death_place=Clinton, East Feliciana Parish
| spouse=Minnie Louise DeLee Abrams (married, 1941-1975, his death)<br>
'''Children''':<br>
Carolyn Sue Reece<br>
Marcia Diane Cox<br>
Doris Celeste Hay<br>
Candice Louise Thibodeaux}}
'''Morris Newton Abrams''' (November 30, 1919 – December 11, 1975) was a [[Louisiana]] [[educator]] who specialized in the field of vocational education.
Abrams was born in Winnfield, north of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, a son of William Charles Abrams (1889–1945) and the former Cora Bell Sowers (1892–1963). He was educated in the public schools in rural [[Sikes, Louisiana|Sikes]] in Winn Parish. He thereafter received his Bachelor of Science, [[Master of Science]], and [[Ph.D.]] from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-a/|title=Abrams, Morris Newton|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association, ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' (lahistory.org)|accessdate=April 6, 2020}}</ref>
On February 1, 1941, Abrams married the former Minnie Louise DeLee (1919–2001)<ref name=ccmcc>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2167290|title=Clear Creek Methodist Church Cemetery burials|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 24, 2010}}</ref> of Clinton in East Feliciana Parish near Baton Rouge. Their children are Carolyn Sue Reece (born 1942), Marcia Diane Cox (born 1951), Doris Celeste Hay (born 1952), and Candice Louise Thibodeaux (born 1957).<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site18.php|title=Abrams, Morris Newton|publisher=[[Louisiana Historical Association]], ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' (lahistory.org)|accessdate=December 24, 2010}}</ref>
Abrams' first teaching assignment was at Friendship High School in the Friendship community in Bienville Parish. He soon moved to Winnfield High School, since Winnfield Senior High School, at which he was a faculty member from 1940 to 1944. He left teaching temporarily to serve in the 3rd Armored Division of the [[United States Army]] in [[World War II]].<ref name=lahist/> He reached the rank of master sergeant.<ref name=ccmcc/> The division had been activated in 1941 at Camp Beauregard near [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in Rapides Parish.
From 1950-1955, he was an [[associate professor]] of agricultural education at [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], [[Texas]]. In 1955, Abrams returned to Winnfield to serve a year as the Winn Parish school superintendent. Then, from 1956 to 1960, he was professor of vocational agricultural education at his ''alma mater,'' LSU. He was from 1960 to 1962 the director of the LSU School of Vocational Education.<ref name=lahist/>
In 1962, Abrams relocated to Alexandria to become the dean of the then two-year Louisiana State University at Alexandria.<ref>''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' December 18, 1961.</ref> his final position, which ended with his death. Much later, LSU-A in 2002 became a four-year institution. Abrams received various awards in his field of educational specialization. He was a member of Phi Delta Kappa], Alpha Zeta, and Alpha Tau Alpha.<ref name=lahist/>
Abrams died at the age of fifty-six in Clinton and is interred beside his wife at Clear Creek [[Methodist Church]] Cemetery in Felixville in East Feliciana Parish.<ref name=ccmcc/><ref>''Alexandria Daily Town Talk'', December 11, 1975.</ref>
Morris Abrams Hall at LSU-A is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsua.edu/About/Campus|title=Campus Map:Louisiana State University, Alexandria|publisher=lsua.edu|accessdate=December 24, 2010}}</ref> There is also a Morris N. Abrams Scholarship available to full-time students who are dependents of LSU-A faculty or staff.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sfa.lsua.edu/types/scholarships/endowed/Default.aspx|title=Scholarships: Endowed|publisher=sfa.lsua.edu|accessdate=December 27, 2010}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abrams, Morris N.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Educators]]
[[Category:Professors]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:United States Army]]