Background
Morris, Benjamin Hume was born on September 25, 1917 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Mary (Hume) Morris.
Morris, Benjamin Hume was born on September 25, 1917 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Mary (Hume) Morris.
Juris Doctor, University Louisville, 1941.
Associate, Doolan, Helm, Stites & Wood, Louisville, 1941-1950; attorney, Brown-Forman Distillers Corporation, Louisville, 1950-1956; resident counsel, Brown-Forman Distillers Corporation, 1956-1964; vice president resident counsel, 1964-1973; vice president, general counsel, 1973-1981; corporation secretary, 1981; president, director, Canada Mist Distillers, Ltd., Collingwood, Ontario, Canada, 1971-1981; of counsel, Morris, Nicolas, Welsh & Vandeventer, Louisville, 1982-1986; of counsel, Ray & Morris, 1986-1989; of counsel, Morris, Hawkins and Dutton, 1990-1994; of counsel, Morris & Dutton, since 1995.
Trustee W.L. Lyons Brown Foundation, since 1964, City of Riverwood, Kentucky, 1977-1981. Chairman Jefferson County Social Service Advisory Committee, 1959-1962. Board governors Jefferson Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center, 1983-1990.
Past board directors Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Better Business Bureau Louisville. Captain United States Air Force, 1941-1945. Colonel Reserve, retired.
Fellow American College Genealogists. Member Kentucky Bar Association, Kentucky Society Sons of the American Revolution (president 1978), National Society Sons of the American Revolution (vice president 1980, chancelor general 1982-1983, secretary general 1984, president general 1985, Minuteman award 1984, Gold Good Citizenship medal 1986), Kentucky Distillers Association (chairman 1969), Distilled Spirits Council United States (president 1973, chairman 1973-1974, chairman emeritus since 1982), Association Canada Distillers (board directors 1971-1981), Society Colonial Wars, society War 1812 (vice president general 1987-1989, 92-96, judge advocate general since 1996, president Kentucky society 1990-1992), Society Sons and Daughters Pilgrims, Military Order of World Wars, Sons of the Revolution, Flagon and Trencher Society, Sons American Colonists, Continental Society, Sons of Indian Wars, Americans of Royal Descent, Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States, Louisville Boat Club, Filson.
Married Lacy Hibbs Abell, July 7, 1942. Children: Benjamin Hume, Lacy Wayne. Married Mary Fraces Fowler Gatlin, November 9, 1968.