Maurice Morton (3 June 1913 – 23 March 1994) was a polymer author, educator, and researcher.

[1] Morton was born Meishel Abramowitz[citation needed] in the Russian Empire on 3 June 1913.

Due to political instability following World War I, Morton's family moved from Latvia to Canada, settling in Montreal.

Morton emigrated to the United States in 1948, to take a position at the University of Akron, where he would remain for his career.

[3][4] His most cited research article treated the subject of anionic polymerization of vinyl monomers.