Dr. William Morgan served as president of Colorado State University from 1949-1969. He was ultimately responsible for conducting undergraduate and graduate teaching programs in the College of Agriculture, for policy guidance and research conducted by the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, and for the university's academic preparation of vocational agriculture teachers. He promoted agriculture throughout the state to keep the tradition of agriculture and the land grant college a viable, everyday working image at CSU. The extension and research functions were also important to him and he fought for their budgets and agendas. In addition to his service to Colorado agriculture, Morgan served eight years as chairman of the Economic Research Advisory Committee to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. He was responsible for an annual review of the entire USDA research program. For seven years, he served as a member and as chairman of the advisory board to the National Agriculture Extension Center for Advanced Study. Additionally, he was a member of the Agricultural Advisory Committee to the W. K. Kellogg Foundation for six years.