Biography:

Educator; administrator.  Born– Fredericksburg, Gillespie County,  Tex., June 27, 1904. Parents– John R. and Frances (McKinnon) Morton. Married– June Sweetman, August 1, 1928. Children– Three. Education– B.S., South West Texas State College, 1925; M.A., University of Texas, 1929; Ed.D., Columbia University, 1939; Ohio State University. Employed as a teacher, schools of Texas, 1925-1936; Public Works Agency, 1936-1937; director of extension teaching and professor of adult education, Mississippi State College, 1939-1944; director of continuing education, University of Alabama, 1944; dean of extension, University of Alabama, 1954. Died April 30, 1981.

Source:

Who’s Who in Alabama, Vol. II.

Editor;

 University Extension in the United States; a Study …. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1953.

Joint_Editor:

Alabama’s Resources and the Schools …. University, Ala.; Bureau of Educational Research, College of Education, University of Alabama, 1946.