MAGLJTMorse
JAMES T. MORSE 1975-
- MM 2001, WM Oriental-Martha's Vineyard, 2006, 2007
- DDGM, District 20, 2010, 2011
- Deputy Grand Master, 2013
BIOGRAPHY
From massfreemasonry.org:
James Tappan Morse of Oak Bluffs was installed Deputy Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts for 2013 in a ceremony performed at the fraternity’s Boston headquarters on Thursday, December 27th.
Morse is a native of Wallingford, CT and spent summers in Falmouth. He moved to Massachusetts in 1995. A graduate of The Governors Academy in Newbury, MA, he attended The College of Wooster in Ohio and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History in 1997. He earned a Master of Science in Criminal Justice Administration from Western New England College in 2001 and a Juris Doctorate in 2005 from New England Law. For the past 18 years Morse has worked as a police officer with the Oak Bluffs Police Department. He has worked patrol, traffic, and investigations; he is currently one of the Department’s training and court officers. Morse also maintains a law practice in Falmouth specializing in Probate Administration and Estate Planning.
He is one of only 16 police officers designated by the Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee to certify all instructor trainers in the state. Morse has served on the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security’s Bias Based Policing panel. He currently teaches criminal law, constitutional law and diversity to police officers.
A resident of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, Morse is active in several community and service organizations. He is a volunteer fireman/EMT with the Oak Bluffs Fire Department; past president and secretary of the Oak Bluffs Fireman’s Civic Association; and, Secretary of the Oak Bluffs Fireman’s Relief Association. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Fred H. Daniels Foundation, Inc., a $20 million family charitable foundation serving Worcester and Central Massachusetts. He attends the West Tisbury Congregational Church.
Brother Morse began his Masonic career in 2001 when he joined Oriental-Martha's Vineyard Lodge in Oak Bluffs. Morse served as the Lodge’s Worshipful Master, in 2006 and 2007. He is also a member of Marine Lodge in Falmouth and King Hiram’s Lodge in Provincetown.
In 2010 and 2011 Morse was the District Deputy Grand Master of the Twentieth Masonic District. He first served Grand Lodge as Grand Steward in 2009.
Active in several Masonic organizations, Morse is a 32° Mason in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite – Valley of Boston. He belongs to the York Rite’s Saint Andrew’s Royal Arch Chapter, Boston; Cape Cod Council of Royal and Select Master Masons; He is also an Aleppo Shriner, Wilmington.
