Karen Morse (chemist) explained

Karen Morse
Birth Name:Karen Dale Williams
Workplaces:Utah State University
Western Washington University
Alma Mater:University of Michigan
Thesis Title:Reactions of the borane group as a Lewis acid
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
Thesis Year:1967

Karen Dale Williams Morse is a inorganic chemist. She was president of Western Washington University from 1993 until 2008, and was named the Bowman Distinguished Professor in 2014. She is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Education and career

Morse has a B.A. from Denison University (1962), and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.[1] During her Ph.D. she worked on Lewis acids.[2] Morse joined the faculty of Utah State University in 1968 in the department of chemistry and biochemistry,[3] and subsequently became the department head, the dean,[4] and was named provost in 1989.[5] In 1993 she moved to Western Washington University where she was president until 2008. In 2014, Morse was named the Bowman Distinguished Professor at Western Washington University.[6]

Morse's early research centered on the production[7] and properties[8] of phosphines. She also worked on borohydrides,[9] [10] phosphite,[11] metal-phosphorus compounds,[12] [13] aryl phosphines[14] Morse also led the professional training committee at the American Chemical Society where she expanded on options for recognizing educators who teach chemistry at the undergraduate and high school level.[15] [16]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

Morse was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1986.[17] In 1997 she received the Garvan–Olin Medal for scientific accomplishments by a woman chemist from the American Chemical Society.[18] In 2012 Western Washington University named the chemistry building the Karen W. Morse Hall in recognition of her.[19] In 2021, Utah State University awarded her with an honorary doctorate.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-09-25 . Karen Williams Morse - Denison University Alumni . 2022-04-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200925044449/https://alumni.denison.edu/citations/karen-williams-morse/ . 2020-09-25 .
  2. Reactions of the borane group as a Lewis acid. . 1967 . English . KAREN DALE WILLIAMS . MORSE. 68277057.
  3. Web site: University . Utah State . 2007-11-15 . Former USU Provost Karen Morse Announces Retirement in Washington . 2022-04-10 . Utah State Today . en.
  4. Web site: University . Utah State . 2021-04-27 . Three Individuals to Receive Honorary Degrees at USU's 134th Commencement . 2022-04-10 . Utah State Today . en.
  5. News: House . Dawn . 1989-06-28 . Dean at USU is state's first woman provost . 20 . The Salt Lake Tribune . 2022-04-10.
  6. News: December 2014 . Karen W. Morse Institute . 22 . BBJ Today . 12 . Gale.
  7. Morse . Karen W. . Morse . Joseph G. . 1973 . Free radical reactions of tetrafluorodiphosphine. Preparation of 1,2-bis(difluorophosphino)ethane . Journal of the American Chemical Society . en . 95 . 25 . 8469–8470 . 10.1021/ja00806a057 . 0002-7863.
  8. Morse . Karen W. . Parry . Robert W. . 1967 . The Basic Properties of Tetrafluorodiphosphine. The Synthesis of Tetrafluorodiphosphine Borane . Journal of the American Chemical Society . en . 89 . 1 . 172–173 . 10.1021/ja00977a049 . 0002-7863.
  9. Bommer . Jerry C. . Morse . Karen W. . 1977 . [(MePh 2 P) 3 CuBH 4 ]

    a single M–H bridged tetrahydroborate ]

    . J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. . en . 5 . 137–138 . 10.1039/C39770000137 . 0022-4936.
  10. Bommer . Jerry C. . Morse . Karen W. . 1980 . Single hydrogen-boron bridged species: tris(methyldiphenylphosphine) complexes of silver(I) and copper(I) containing tetrahydroborate and (ethoxycarbonyl)trihydroborate . Inorganic Chemistry . en . 19 . 3 . 587–593 . 10.1021/ic50205a003 . 0020-1669.
  11. Bommer . Jerry C. . Morse . Karen W. . 1983 . Phosphite complexes of copper(I) containing chloride, tetrahydroborate, and (ethoxycarbonyl)trihydroborate . Inorganic Chemistry . en . 22 . 4 . 592–596 . 10.1021/ic00146a005 . 0020-1669.
  12. Fife . Dennis J. . Moore . William M. . Morse . Karen W. . 1984 . Solution equilibria of tertiary phosphine complexes of copper(I) halides . Inorganic Chemistry . en . 23 . 12 . 1684–1691 . 10.1021/ic00180a011 . 0020-1669.
  13. Fife . Dennis J. . Moore . William M. . Morse . Karen W. . 1985 . Photosensitized isomerization of norbornadiene to quadricyclane with (arylphosphine)copper(I) halides . Journal of the American Chemical Society . en . 107 . 24 . 7077–7083 . 10.1021/ja00310a053 . 0002-7863.
  14. Fife . Dennis J. . Morse . Karen W. . Moore . William M. . 1984 . Electronic transitions of aryl phosphines . Journal of Photochemistry . en . 24 . 3 . 249–263 . 10.1016/0047-2670(84)87004-5.
  15. Morse . Karen W. . 1992-04-13 . ACS COMMENT: Degree options for ACS certification . Chemical & Engineering News Archive . en . 70 . 15 . 67 . 10.1021/cen-v070n015.p067 . 0009-2347. free .
  16. Morse . Karen W. . 1992-11-23 . ACS COMMENT: CPT and Education Challenges . Chemical & Engineering News Archive . en . 70 . 47 . 28 . 10.1021/cen-v070n047.p028 . 0009-2347.
  17. Web site: Historic Fellows American Association for the Advancement of Science . 2022-04-10 . www.aaas.org . en.
  18. Web site: Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal Recipients . 2022-04-10 . American Chemical Society . en.
  19. Web site: December 17, 2012 . Chemistry Building renamed for Karen Morse Western Today Western Washington University . 2022-04-10 . westerntoday.wwu.edu.

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