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| Bernard Morris |
| Date Of Birth: | March 17, 1918 |
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| Date Of Death: | May 8, 2010 |
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| Service Date: | Will be announced at a later date. |
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Bernard Samuel Morris, of Bloomington, Indiana, passed away on May 8, 2010, at the age of 92. He was predeceased by his wife Betty Rome Morris, and is survived in loving memory by his sons Dexter (Tony) and Samuel, grandchildren Gabriel and Celeste, sister Claire Morris Stern, and niece Linda Jo Stern. There will be an announcement at a later date of a memorial service. Born on March 17, 1918, to Edward and Edythe, he attended Clark University in Worcester, Mass, and obtained a Masters in Political Science from Yale University. His jobs to support his education included working as a teamster good-humor truck driver in Hartford, Connecticut, building nose cones at Pratt and Whitney during the war, delivering liquor during prohibition, and fruit and vegetables for his father’s wholesale business. He then worked as a foreign policy advisor for the US State Department until 1963, when he made the pilgrimage “into the wilderness” to Bloomington, Indiana, where he worked as a full professor in the Political Science Department until his retirement. Morris was known for his fiery rhetoric and committed, unwavering principles. An early opponent of the Vietnam war, he was equally at home making a speech at rallies or challenging the US Vice President on stage. He carried these principles into the classroom. He was a strong student advocate and was one of the few IU professors listed in the Underground Guide to Colleges in the 60’s. He and his wife Betty traveled widely and spent their summers on Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard. In his later years, he became an avid fisherman and was fixture on the Vineyard shores in the summer. He caught bluefish from the surf into his 90’s and would often donate fish to Elder Services of Cape Cod. Donations in his memory may be made to Backstreet Ministries in Bloomington
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