A. Reynolds Morse

Albert Reynolds Morse (October 20, 1914 – August 15, 2000) was an American businessman and philanthropist. His wife, Eleanor Reese Morse (October 21, 1912 – July 1, 2010) was also an American philanthropist. They founded the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Reynolds Morse was born in Denver, Colorado to Bradish P. and Anna Morse. His father ran the specialist mining and machinery concern, Morse Brothers Machinery Company. His mother was the daughter of pioneer Albert Eugene Reynolds.

Reynolds Morse graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He then took an MBA at the Harvard Business School. For a decade after his MBA, Reynolds worked in industry before starting his own firm, Injection Molders Supply Company in 1949.

Reese Morse was the daughter of Cleveland pharmaceuticals manufacturer George Reese. After graduating from the Hathaway Brown School, she earned a bachelor's degree in music from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida in 1937. She was initiated into the Florida Gamma chapter ot Pi Beta Phi chapter at Rollins College.

Reynolds Morse had many business, writing and collecting interests in addition to the collection of Salvador Dalí’s paintings which he and Reese Morse built up and to running Injection Molders Supply Company. For instance, he published “Injection Molding News”; added to the rock collection of the Denver Natural History Museum where he was a trustee, and he collected George Elbert Burr manuscript materials which he donated to the Denver Public Library.

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