F. Bradford Morse
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 5th district |
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In office January 3, 1961 – May 1, 1972 |
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| Preceded by | Edith Nourse Rogers |
| Succeeded by | Paul W. Cronin |
| Member of the Lowell, Massachusetts City Council |
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In office 1952–1953 |
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| Born | August 7, 1921 Lowell, Massachusetts |
| Died | December 18, 1994 (aged 73) Naples, Florida |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Boston University (1948); Boston University School of Law (1949). |
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| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1942–1946 |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Frank Bradford Morse (August 7, 1921 – December 18, 1994) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He had a notable career in the United States Congress and the United Nations. On Capitol Hill he served in various capacities for nearly twenty years, the last twelve as Congressman from Lowell, Massachusetts. In 1972, he became Under Secretary General of the United Nations and in 1976, the renowned Administrator of its Development Program. He received a Franklin D. Roosevelt "Four Freedoms" award for his extraordinary career as an international public servant, particularly as Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme.
Morse was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on August 7, 1921 and graduated from Boston University in 1948 and from Boston University School of Law in 1949. He served in World War II in the Army from 1942-1946. After the war, he served as a private practice lawyer, business executive, law clerk to Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, and professor at Boston University School of Law, 1949-1953. He was elected to the Lowell City Council in 1952 and served there until 1953 when he was employed as a staff member for United States Senate Armed Services Committee, a position he held until 1955. From 1955 until 1958 he served as an executive secretary and chief assistant to United States Senator Leverett Saltonstall, and later as a deputy administrator of Veterans Administration from 1958-1960.
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