Brad Morse | |
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| Administrator of theUnited Nations Development Programme | |
| In office 1976–1986 | |
| Secretary General | Kurt Waldheim Javier Pérez de Cuéllar |
| Preceded by | Rudolph A. Peterson |
| Succeeded by | William Henry Draper III |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's5th district | |
| In office January 3, 1961 – May 1, 1972 | |
| Preceded by | Edith Nourse Rogers |
| Succeeded by | Paul W. Cronin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Frank Bradford Morse (1921-08-07)August 7, 1921 Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | December 18, 1994(1994-12-18) (aged 73) Naples, Florida, U.S. |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Boston University (BA,LLB) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Army |
| Years of service | 1942–1946 |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Frank Bradford Morse (August 7, 1921 – December 18, 1994) was a member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromMassachusetts. He had a notable career in theUnited States Congress and theUnited Nations. In Congress, he served in various capacities for nearly twenty years, the last twelve as Congressman fromLowell, Massachusetts. In 1972, he becameUnder-Secretary-General of the United Nations and in 1976, the Administrator of theUnited Nations Development Programme. He received aFranklin D. RooseveltFour Freedoms Award for his career as an international public servant.
Morse was born inLowell, Massachusetts on August 7, 1921, and graduated fromBoston University in 1948 and fromBoston University School of Law in 1949. He served in World War II in theArmy from 1942-1946 and was discharged as a second lieutenant. After the war, he served as a private practice lawyer, business executive, law clerk to the Chief Justice of theSupreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, and professor at Boston University School of Law, 1949-1953. He was elected to theLowell City Council in 1952 and served there until 1953 when he was employed as a staff member forUnited States Senate Armed Services Committee, a position he held until 1955. From 1955 until 1958 he served as an executive secretary and chief assistant to United States SenatorLeverett Saltonstall, and later as a deputy administrator ofVeterans Administration from 1958-1960.
During his time in the House, Morse supported the24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,[1] theCivil Rights Act of 1964,[2] theVoting Rights Act of 1965,[3] theMedicare program for the elderly,[4] theCivil Rights Act of 1968,[5] and alongside fellow House RepublicansSeymour Halpern,Charles Adams Mosher andOgden Reid, co-sponsored the Health Security Act, a bipartisan health care bill that would have established a government-run health insurance program to cover every person in America.[6]
After the death ofEdith Nourse Rogers in September 1960, he was selected by theRepublican Party to take her place on the ballot and was elected as a Republican to theEighty-seventh Congress in November 1960. He was then re-elected to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961- May 1, 1972. In 1966, along with three Republican Senators and four other Republican Representatives, Morse signed a telegram sent to Georgia GovernorCarl E. Sanders regarding the Georgia legislature's refusal to seat the recently electedJulian Bond in their state House of Representatives. This refusal, said the telegram, was "a dangerous attack on representative government. None of us agree with Mr. Bond's views on the Vietnam War; in fact, we strongly repudiate these views. But unless otherwise determined by a court of law, which the Georgia Legislature is not, he is entitled to express them."[7]
He became Under Secretary General for Political and General Assembly Affairs at theUnited Nations from 1972-1976. He was then promoted to be the third Administrator of theUnited Nations Development Programme from 1976-1986.[8] From 1986-1991, he served as the seventh president of theSalzburg Global Seminar, anon-profit organization based inSalzburg, Austria whose mission is to challenge current and future leaders to develop creative ideas for solving global problems. He died at his home inNaples, Florida on December 18, 1994, and was cremated and placed inArlington National Cemetery inArlington, Virginia.
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| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 5th congressional district 1961–1972 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Administrator of theUnited Nations Development Programme 1976–1986 | Succeeded by |
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