Henry M. Morris,
Ph.D. Hydraulic Engineering (Founder and President Emeritus of ICR) He has a B.S. from Rice University with
honors in Civil Engineering and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the
University of Minnesota. Dr. Morris majored in engineering
hydraulics/hydrology while minoring in Geology and Mathematics. He has
served on the faculties of Rice University, the University of
Minnesota, the University of Southwestern Louisiana, and Southern
Illinois University. From 1957 to 1970 he was Head of the Department
of Civil Engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University (Virginia Tech). While at Virginia Tech, Dr. Morris was
able to get approval for Ph.D. programs in Civil Engineering and
Hydraulics. Dr. Morris authored Applied Hydraulics in Engineering,
which has been used by over 100 colleges and universities at one time
or another. It is still used today as a reference and even the main
text in some university classes. As of 1993 and 30 years after the
first edition was printed, there was no comparable textbook available.
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