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Morris Drives SIU Growth and Autonomy Legacy
Delyte Morris led SIU for 22 years, expanding campuses and budgets, building 100 plus structures, boosting enrollment from 3,013 to 37,000, and gaining university status. He faced board friction over a lavish University House, helped decentralize governance, and after retiring in 1970 moved to Washington to head a new education council.
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Carbondale
SIU
Morris
Illinois
SIU Conference Center
Cresap, McCormick and Paget
Chicago
Paul Morrill
Morrill
Dr. Morris
Canada
Criti
VTI
Ilinois
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Siu-Little Grassy
Little Grassy
Rt. 51
Illinois Central Railroad
Railroad Relocation Authority
Railroad Authority
Frank Kirk
Columbia
Southern Illinois