MAURICE G. MORTON
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
DETROIT ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES
Maurice Gerard Morton was born and raised on Detroit’s east side. He and his twin brother were the youngest of 12 children. His mother was a homemaker, and his father a career military man, who fought in WWII.
Morton earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan. He received his Juris Doctor from Wayne State University’s Law school and received his Master of Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
Morton’s legal career started as an Assistant Prosecutor in the Wayne County Prosecutor’s office. Morton realized his greatest success and fulfillment in 2001 when Wayne County Prosecutor Michael Duggan appointed him Deputy Chief and soon after Chief of Special Operations.
Morton established and led several monumental initiatives and programs, such as: The Community Prosecution Program; Serving as Chief of the Wayne County Juvenile Division; Hosting and co-producing John’s TV; Supervised the Auto Theft and Major Drug Units along with the Drug House and Abandoned Properties units.
He also served as Associate General Counsel and Director of Community Affairs for The Detroit Medical Center. Morton is currently a partner in the law firm of Simpson, Morton, and Cross.
Morton currently serves as the CEO of the Detroit Academy of Arts & Sciences. Working to develop Detroit’s young minds into tomorrow’s leaders is now his passion.
Morton resides in the City of Detroit with his wife, April, daughter Maurissa, and son, Joshua.
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