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'''Morris Newton Abrams''' (November 30, 1919 – December 11, 1975) was a [[Louisiana]] [[educator]] who specialized in the field of vocational education.

'''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 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>

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 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=April 6, 2020}}</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>

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=April 6, 2020}}</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.

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.

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>

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>

Morris Abrams Hall at LSU-A is named in his honor. 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; material no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>

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