Henry Morse served as campus planner for the University of Tennessee system from 1964 to 1985, during the period of greatest physical growth of the Knoxville campus. He and Malcolm Rice, the university architect, designed the campus west of Volunteer Boulevard when the urban renewal act allowed the acquisition of land by UT. Morse was proudly the first person to move into an office in the Andy Holt Tower.
Morse was a native of Columbia, South Carolina. He received the BS and MS from the University of South Carolina and an MS from Georgia Tech. Prior to coming to UT, he was chief area planner and director for the East Tennessee Office of the Tennessee State Planning Commission. In 1981 he was named Planner of the Year by the local chapter of the American Institute of Planners. The UT Board of Trustees named the recreational area near the student aquatic center the Henry Morse Recreational Area.