Background
Leeds, Morris Evans was born on March 6, 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Barclay R. and Mary (Maule) Leeds.
Leeds, Morris Evans was born on March 6, 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Barclay R. and Mary (Maule) Leeds.
Educated Westtown Boarding School, 1883-1886. Bachelor of Science, Haverford College, 1888, Doctor of Laws, 1946. Studied University of Berlin, 1892-1893.
Doctor of Engineering, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1936.
President Leeds & Northrup Company, 1903-1939. Chairman of board since 1939. Inventor of electrical and temperature measuring instruments.
Member corporation and board of managers Haverford College since 1909, president, 1928-1945. Member Board of Public Education of Phlla., 1931-1949 (president 1938-1948). Member Industrial Advisory Board of NRA, 1933-1935.
Member business advisory council Department of Commerce, 1933-1939. Fellow American Institute of Elctrical Engineering, A.A. A.S. Member American Physical Society, Academy Natural Sciences, American Society Steel Treating, Franklin Institute.
Member Society of Friends. Clubs: Engineers, University, Philadelphia Cricket (Philadelphia).
Married Hadassah J. Moore, June 10, 1926. Children: Esther Hallett, Mary Maule.