[3][4] He is noteworthy for his support and application of laboratory-based methods in science education as well as interdisciplinary study.
The Meister family moved to Manhattan's Lower East Side when Morris was 7 years old.
[4][2] He attended the City College of New York, where he became a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
He was instrumental in the creation of science fairs while working as a committee head of the American Institute of the City of New York in the 1932s.
[8] After retirement he worked as the director of planning at the New York Hall of Science, in Corona, Queens.