SEC Form 4
FORM 4

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subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form
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See Instruction 1(b).
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Merin, Mitchell M.
(Last)                      (First)                      (Middle)
Morgan Stanley
1585 Broadway
(Street)
New York,    NY   10036
(City)                      (State)                      (Zip)
2. Issuer Name
and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Morgan Stanley
MWD
3. I.R.S. Identification
    Number of Reporting
    Person, if an entity
    (voluntary)
4. Statement for
    Month/Day/Year

12/5/2002

5. If Amendment,
    Date of Original
    (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

   Director      10% Owner
   Officer (give title below)     X Other (specify below)

Description           Head of Significant Business Unit
7. Individual or Joint/Group
    Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X   Form filed by One Reporting Person
     Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security
    (Instr. 3)
2.Transaction
Date
(Month/Day/Year)
2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year)
 3. Transaction
    Code
    (Instr. 8) 		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D)
    (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
5. Amount of
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned Following
    Reported Transaction(s)

    (Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Owner-
    ship
    Form:
    Direct (D)
    or
    Indirect (I)

    (Instr. 4)
7. Nature of
     Indirect
     Beneficial
     Ownership

    (Instr. 4)
Code
V
Amount
A/D
Price
Common Stock
12/5/2002
A (1)
37,791
A
343,356
D
Common Stock
30,253
I
By 401(k) Plan/ESOP Trust
Common Stock
13,800
I
Merin Family Partnership LP (2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
    (Instr. 3)
2. Conver-
    sion or
    Exercise
    Price of
    Deri-
    vative
    Security
3. Transaction Date

(Month/
Day/
Year)
3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any

(Month/
Day/
Year)
 4. Transaction Code
    (Instr.8) 		5. Number of Derivative
    Securities Acquired (A)
    or Disposed Of (D)

    (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
6. Date Exercisable(DE) and
    Expiration Date(ED)
    (Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of
    Underlying Securities
    (Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price
    of
    Derivative
    Security
    (Instr.5)
 9. Number of
    Derivative
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned
    Following
    Reported
    Transaction(s)
    (Instr.4) 		10. Owner-
ship
Form of
Deriv-
ative
Securities:
Direct (D)
or
Indirect (I)

(Instr.4) 		11. Nature of
      Indirect
      Beneficial
      Ownership
      (Instr.4)
Code
V
A
D
DE
ED
Title
Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $42.56 12/5/2002
A
85,031       
01/02/05
01/02/13
Common Stock
85,031
85,031
D
Explanation of Responses:
 
1. Stock Units which are convertible into shares of Common Stock at a ratio of 1 to 1.
2. Indirect holding of securities in which limited partnership interest is held by members of the immediate household.

                                                   POWER OF ATTORNEY


                The undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Ralph L. Pellecchio, Ronald T. Carman, Martin M. Cohen, Charlene R. Herzer, W. Gary Beeson, Ola E. Lotfy and William J. O'Shaughnessy, Jr. to act severally and not jointly, as his true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact, with full power and authority to act hereunder, each in his/her discretion, in the name of and for and on behalf of the undersigned as fully as could the undersigned if present and acting in person, to make any and all required or voluntary filings under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the applicable rules and regulation thereunder, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any and all applicable stock exchanges, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. ("MSDW") and any other person or entity to which such filings may be required under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act as a result of the undersigned's status as an officer, director or stockholder of MSDW. This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to securities of MSDW.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney, effective as of this 12th day of October, 1999.

                                                        By:        /s/ Mitchell M. Merin        
                                                                Mitchell M. Merin
By:
/s/ CRHerzer, Attorney-in-Fact                                                                                                12/9/02
** Signature of Reporting Person                                                                                    Date      




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