Roger Larkin Morton is a professor with the University of Washington, Tacoma. He obtained a doctorate degree from the University of California, Irvine. He also is a founder of organizations dedicated towards supporting fiscal agency for charitable activities around the world. He and his wife, Ngoc, have been married for over 25 years. They attribute a key factor to the success of their marriage to praying the Rosary daily since the beginning of their relationship. They reside in Washington state. They have an adult son, Jarrett.