Vice Chairman
Phillip Morse was named Vice Chairman in 2004 and has been a partner in the Boston Red Sox since 2002. He grew up in Danvers, MA as the youngest of three brothers; one brother still lives and works in the Boston area. Morse attended the University of Maine and played baseball for the Black Bears. After graduation in 1964, he joined the Army. Following his discharge in 1965, he was hired by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in Boston. In late 1966, he took a sales position with a small medical devices manufacturer in Glens Falls, NY.
In 1969, Morse founded North American Instrument Corporation to develop, manufacture and sell the "Morse Manifold", the first transparent fluid delivery system for coronary angiography. By 1990, the firm had grown into NAMIC USA, an 800-employee designer and manufacturer of a wide array of medical devices for interventional radiology and cardiology. NAMIC USA made an initial public offering in the fall of 1991. Two additional manufacturing facilities were established in Puerto Rico in 1992 and the Republic of Ireland in 1993. Morse served as its Chairman until its sale to Pfizer, Inc. in 1995. Today, Namic currently is a member of the Medline family and after more than 40 years, The Morse Manifold continues to be used in more than 50 percent of all cardiac catheterization procedures.
After retiring in 1995, Morse founded Heritage Creations, Inc., a group of companies dedicated to providing premium quality products and services to premier private, public, and resort golf courses, clubs and pro shops worldwide. The Legends Suite at Fenway Park was the work of Heritage Creations.
After serving 22 years, Morse retired from the Board of Directors of Glens Falls Evergreen Bank, a division of Banknorth, N.A. He also served as a Director of the Business Council of New York State. He is a generous contributor to numerous medical, athletic, and educational charities, having made a gift of an artificial turf stadium field at the University of Maine, Orono. In a combined effort with his friend, the late Harold Alfond, a former Red Sox partner, his alma mater now has an outstanding athletic facility on which to play football, soccer, field hockey, and lacrosse.
In 2005, Morse turned 43 acres of woodlands in Glens Falls into an athletic complex with a field house, nine tennis courts, two baseball fields, three softball fields, and four fields for soccer and lacrosse, and donated it all to Glens Falls High School. In the fall of 2016, Morse donated two million dollars to support youth sports activities and Danvers High School for the creation of the Morse Athletic Complex in honor of his father, James Ellison Morse, Jr. During his 26-year tenure as Town Selectman, "Ellie" led a group of friends that saved The Danvers Twi-Light League, which at the time was the oldest after-dinner baseball league in America. Morse commissioned a bronze falcon, the school mascot, which is currently displayed at the entrance to the new Deering Stadium.
The Morses, who live in Jupiter, FL, have three daughters, all of whom live or work in the Boston area. With seven grandchildren, some of whom are active in hockey at St. Sebastian's, Noble Greenough and Dexter Southfield, the Morses remain busy dividing their time between Boston, Wells (ME), Lake George (NY), and Florida.