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Morris, George Maurice was born on May 3, 1889 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank Marion and Willa (Guffin) Morris.
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George Maurice Morris, American lawyer. member of the board corporators Episcopal Ear, Eye & Throat Hospital Chairman United Nations Committee on International Jurisdiction, Geneva, 1951. Private, First lieutenant United States Army, 1917-1918. Decorated: Order El Sol del Peru; Member American Bar Association (secretary commission on federal taxation, 1921-1932, chairman 1933-1935, 1938-1939.
Education
Graduate University High School, Chicago, 1907. Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1911. Juris Doctor, University of Chicago, 1915.
Career
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1915, began practice at Chicago. Moved to Washington, District of Columbia, 1919. Member of the law firm Morris, KixMiller & Baar, 1934-1954.
Morris, Pearce, Gardner & Pratt, 1954. Washington counsel before Federal agencies, department and courts. Member board directors Potomac Poultry Food Company, Chesapeake Shell Company.
Membership
Member of the board corporators Episcopal Ear, Eye & Throat Hospital Chairman United Nations Committee on International Jurisdiction, Geneva, 1951. Private, First lieutenant United States Army, 1917-1918. Decorated: Order El Sol del Peru.
Member American Bar Association (secretary commission on federal taxation, 1921-1932, chairman 1933-1935, 1938-1939. Clubs: Chevy Chase, Metropolitan, University, Lawyers (Washington).
Connections
Married Miriam Warren Hubbard, October 26, 1918. Children: Miriam Patricia (Mistress Kenneth T. Young, Junior.
