Question: Facts: - death place: eugene , oregon , usa - caption: university , and acting president ; northwest christian college -- twice of interim president , eugene , oregon oregon -- professor , business school dean - death date: june 21 , 1974 - education: ba and ma university of oregon phd columbia university - birth date: november 24 , 1891 - name: victor p. morris - image: victor_pierpont_morris , _ ncc_interim_president . jpg - birth place: sioux city , iowa , usa - occupation: professor , dean , president , minister Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of victor pierpont morris .
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dr. victor p. morris was a highly respected university of oregon -lrb- uo -rrb- professor -lrb- 1926 to 1959 -rrb- , dean -lrb- 1936 to 1957 -rrb- , and interim president -lrb- 1953 to 1954 -rrb- .in addition , he served twice as acting president of northwest christian college -lrb- ncc -rrb- -lrb- 1934 to 1936 and 1943 to 1944 -rrb- as well as serving on the ncc board of trustees -lrb- 1936 to 1961 -rrb- , over 20 years as chair .ncc is now known as northwest christian university .dr. morris was born in sioux city , iowa on november 24 , 1891 but moved to oregon in 1905 .he died in eugene , oregon on june 21 , 1974 .his father , james m. morris , was a regional minister in the christian church and a faculty member at eugene divinity school -lrb- precursor to northwest christian university -rrb- for several years .dr. morris was married to grace parker of monmouth , oregon ; they celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary a week before he died .