Arthur Henry Morse 1880 - 1950

Dr. Arthur Henry Morse died on January 26, 1950 at the age of 69. He is survived by his wife and two sons. After graduation from Tufts College in 1902 and the Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1906, he served as resident in pathology at the Rhode Island General Hospital. Subsequently, in 1910, he became resident and instructor in obstetrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital and in 1912 resident surgeon at the Union Protestant Infirmary (Baltimore). From 1913 to 1915 he was instructor in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California and associate gynecologist at the University Hospital (San Francisco). He came to the Yale University School of Medicine in 1915 as assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology. He became professor of obstetrics and gynecology and chairman of the department in 1921, a position which he held until his retirement as emeritus professor in 1948. He belonged to the American Gynecological Society, the New England Surgical Society, was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Medical Association. He was one of the charter members of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and before his retirement he was obstetricianand gynecologist-inchief of the New Haven Hospital and New Haven Dispensary. This is a short review of his medical career. On the occasion of Dr. Morse's retirement from the Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology the following minute was presented to the Board of Permanent Officers of the School of Medicine, Yale University: