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Morse Periodical Room

Refurbished during the Medical Library renovation completed in June 1990, the Morse Periodical Room is a bright, spacious area housing the Library's entire unbound journal collection. This room has become an indispensable facility for library users, as all current unbound journals are available in one area providing quick and easy access to the recent medical literature. A calm and quiet atmosphere attracts students who have discovered that the periodical room is a perfect place to study. Support from Mrs. Belle Morse enabled Yale University to create the Morse Periodical Room in honor of her husband, Carl A. Morse 25 S and their son, Stephen I. Morse 51, M.D.

Carl A. Morse (1905-89) was born in Minsk, Russia, and raised in New Haven. He graduated in 1925 from Yale's Sheffield Scientific School with a degree in engineering. As head of Morse/Diesel, Inc., a building design and construction firm, Mr. Morse created such New York landmarks as the Pan Am Building and the Marriott Hotel in Times Square. Among his many gifts to Yale is the Belle and Carl Morse Scholarship Fund. This fund was established in 1989 to assist disadvantaged Yale students who have graduated from New Haven's Hillhouse High School, which he also attended. Morse Scholars are requested to return to Hillhouse to inform younger students of the opportunities available to them at Yale.

Stephen I. Morse, M.D., Ph.D. (1930-80) was born in New York and graduated from Yale in 1951 as a member of Timothy Dwight College. He received his M.D. degree from Washington University School of Medicine. As professor and chairman of microbiology and immunology at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center (now the SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn), his research centered on the study of microbial products and their effects on host responses.