Herbert Morris

Herbert Morris (1928-2022) was an American philosopher, legal scholar, and literary critic, who spent his career at the University of California, Los Angeles. Education and career Herbert Morris was born in New York City in 1928. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 1951; Bachelor of Law, Yale, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford, 1956. He joined the UCLA Philosophy Department in 1956 and beginning in 1962 he accepted a joint appointment with the UCLA School of Law. Professor Morris served as Dean of Humanities of UCLA's College of Letters and Science from 1983 to 1993, and Interim Provost of the College from 1992 to 1993. He chaired the Board of Governors of the University's Humanities Research Institute from 1988 to 1990.