Background
Morris, Henry Crittendon was born on April 18, 1868 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John and Susan (Claude) Morris.
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Henry Crittendon Morris
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Bachelor of Arts, Lombard College, 1887, Master of Arts, 1890. Bachelor of Laws, Chicago College Law, 1889. Graduate study France and Germany.
Honorary Master of Arts, Buchtel College (University of Akron), 1909.
Career
United States consul at Ghent, Belgium, 1893-1898. Secretary to Chief Justice Fuller, 1905, in Muscat Dhows arbitration before International Permanent Court at The Hague. Chairman 6th Ward Chicago Red Cross and 3d Liberty Loan Campaigns, 1917-1918.
Trustee Lombard College, 1900-1915.
President Young People's Christian (Universalist) Union of Illinois 1891-1892. Member Board Foreign Missions, Universalist Church, 1920-1929.
Member Universalist National Memorial Church, Washington, District of Columbia (member building committee 1929-1930. Member board management 1939-1943).
Member Federation of French Alliances (vice president 1921-1922.
Director 1925-1928).
Achievements
Membership
Member Board Foreign Missions, Universalist Church, 1920-1929. Member Universalist National Memorial Church, Washington, District of Columbia (member building committee 1929-1930. Member board management 1939-1943).
Member Federation of French Alliances (vice president 1921-1922.
Member American Bar Association, American Peace Society (director (1918-1947), American Society of International Law, American History Association, American Political Science Association, American Society of French Legion of Honor, American Academy Political and Social Science, Chicago Bar Association, Illinois History Society, Chicago History Society, Chicago Peace Society (president 1914-1921), The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, English-Speaking Union, Library of International Relations, Institut Français of Washington, District of Columbia (1st vice president), Pi Gamma Museum Member Hamilton; Clubs: Alliance Française of Chicago (director 1910-1944, president 1921-1923), University, Arts, Archaeological Society (Washington).
Connections
Married Grace Mühlenberg Hills, September 10, 1917.
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Nationality
American -
Political Party
Republican