MORRIS H.M.

MORRIS H.M. 06.10. 1918 Dallas TX/USA 25.02. 2006 Santee CA/USA Henry Madison Morris graduated as a civil engineer from Rice University, Houston TX, in 1939. He then spent two decades as member of civil engineering faculties of four different universities, including the St. Anthony Falls SAF Hydraulic Laboratory of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN, from where he earned the PhD degree in 1950. In 1951 he was appointed professor of civil engineering at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette LA, In 1959 he became head of department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg VA, there teaching hydraulic engineering, including an accurate account on the history of hydraulics. After a dispute with the University administration in 1963, Morris resigned from this position in 1969. He then founded the Institute for Creation Research at Santee CA, which was taken over by his son when the father retired. Morris suffered a minor stroke, but shortly later died. Morris is known for basic work in roughness of hydraulic engineering. Together with Lorenz G. Straub (1901-1963) he presented a report on the roughness effect of concrete and corrugated metal pipes as used in culverts. The 1955 paper is a noteworthy addition to the roughness problem in hydraulics, involving a new concept of rough boundaries, based on the effect of streamwise spacing of surface roughness elements. Three basic flow types were identified, namely isolated-roughness, wake-interference, and quasismooth flows. The friction factors were derived and the standard equations expanded by inclusion of the roughness height and its spacing. From 1970, Morris devoted his activities exclusively to the Creation Research Society, and he was considered later the father of modern creation science. Morris, H.M. (1951). The bible and modern science. Moody Press: Chicago. Morris, H.M. (1955). Flow in rough conduits. Trans. ASCE 120: 373-398; 120: 406-410. Morris, H.M. (1961). Design methods for flow in rough conduits. Trans. ASCE 126: 454-490. Morris, H.M. (1963). Applied hydraulics in engineering. Ronald Press: New York. Morris, H.M. (1968). Hydraulics of energy dissipation in steep rough channels. Virginia Polytechnical Bulletin 19. Virginia Polytechnic Institute: Blacksburg. Straub, L.G., Morris, H.M. (1951). Hydraulic data comparison of concrete and corrugated metal culvert pipes. Technical Paper 3, Series B. SAF Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Minnesota: Minneapolis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_M._Morris P

MORRIS S.B. 24.08. 1890 Los Angeles CA/USA 06.03. 1962 Los Angeles CA/USA Samuel Brooks Morris obtained the AB degree in civil engineering from Stanford University, Stanford CA, in 1911. He joined the Water Department of the City of Pasadena CA until 1935, first as assistant engineer, then as chief engineer and from 1925 as general manager. He then was a professor of civil engineering at Stanford University until 1945, but returned in 1944 to the Department of Water and Power of the City of Los Angeles CA as general manager and chief engineer. He also was consultant of the Bonneville Power Administration from 1941 to 1944. He was awarded, among other, the John M. Diven Medal by the American Water Works Association AWWA in 1933, and its 1952 Fuller Award. He was elected in 1961 Honorary Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE. During his tenure with the Department of Water and Power, a large number of reservoirs were constructed, dams rebuilt, and steam-generating plants undertaken. Outstanding projects include the Owens Gorge Power Project on the Upper Owens River in Eastern California. The Long Valley Dam at the head of the Owens River Gorge was completed in 1941. Morris was nationally known as consultant who had served to a number of government agencies. A member of the President’s Water Resources Policy Commission in 1950 and 1951, he was then a member of the Colorado River Board of California. He had served further on the Committee on Geophysics and Geography of the Research and Development Board. He also had been AWWA president in 1943, and was ASCE vicepresident in 1958. Anonymous (1937). Samuel B. Morris. Water Works Engineering 90(May 26): 775. P Anonymous (1942). Samuel B. Morris. Engineering News-Record 128(Mar.19): 447. P Anonymous (1950). Truman appoints Water Resources Commission. Civil Engineering 20(2): 72. Anonymous (1955). He did what he wanted to do, and he did it well. Engineering News-Record 155(Oct.13): 63-64. P Anonymous (1959). Morris, Samuel B. Who’s who in America 28: 1916. Marquis: Chicago. Anonymous (1963). Samuel Brooks Morris. Trans. ASCE 128(5): 110-111. Morris, S.B., Pearce, C.E. (1934). A concrete gravity dam for a faulted mountainous area. Engineering News-Record 113(Dec.27): 823-827. Morris, S.B. (1955). Owens Gorge Project. Journal Hydraulics Division ASCE 81(738): 1-25. Morris, S.B. (1963). Economic use of fresh water from the sea. Trans. ASCE 128(3): 130-141.