Lucy Shields Morgan received a B.A. degree in biology in 1922 and an M.S. degree in 1932 from the University of Tennessee. Acquiring a Ph.D. degree in 1938 at Yale University, Morgan began a program in community health in Hartford, Connecticut, which became a model for others throughout the country. In her pioneering efforts, African Americans were included as active participants in the administration of the program. In 1941 Morgan joined the Public Health Service and developed a community health program in the Fort Bragg area, which was so successful that it was adopted in other North Carolina counties. In 1943 Morgan went to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, to head the new Department of Public Health Education. She also began a similar program at North Carolina Central University where she taught many of the first black public health educators.
Morgan's reputation made her a national figure, and she traveled extensively as a consultant on health projects for the World Health Organization to Asia, Africa, South America, Australia, and New Zealand. Among her many honors were the Elizabeth Severance Prentiss National Award in Health Education and the North Carolina Public Health Association's William B. Rankin Award.
Lucy Morgan died in Asheville, North Carolina, on November 11, 1994. She was the daughter of Dr. Harcourt Morgan, the thirteenth president of the University of Tennessee.
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