Mayan Ruins at Tayasal

Jessup did Archaeological Research at Tayasal, the last Mayan stronghold said be to abandoned around 700 AD, on the shores of Lake Peten Itsa.

Archaeological Research

In December of 1921, he had applied for a passport to visit Guatemala and what was then British Honduras for archaeological research

Astronomy Department Assistant

Jessup was appointed as an assistant in the astronomy department from 1921~Jan 18th, 1922

Engineering and Architecture

The 1920 edition of the “Catalogue of the University of Michigan” shows Morris K. Jessup from Rockville, Indiana, enrolled in the Schools of Engineering and Architecture.

Happy Birthday

Morris Kethcum Jessup was born 2 March 1900 in Rockville, Indiana. Morris’s mother was the former Alice Edna Swaim. His father, George Washington Jessup.