James Newton Morgan (March 1, 1918 – January 8, 2018) was an American economist. Morgan was born near

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, on March 1, 1918. He obtained a bachelor's degree in economics from

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in 1939. He then worked for the North Appalachian Experimental Watershed of the

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before returning to school, receiving a master's and doctoral degree in economics from

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. Upon completing his doctorate, Morgan was named an assistant professor at Brown University. In 1949, Morgan began post doctoral work at the

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. He became an associate professor in 1953, and was named a full professor five years later. Morgan developed SEARCH, a data analysis program, during the 1960s, and became the first director of the

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in 1968. Over the course of his career, Morgan was named a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and fellow of the

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, and

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. He retired in December 1987, and died on January 8, 2018, at the University of Michigan Hospital.Alt URL
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