Background
Morris, Roland Sletor was born on March 11, 1874 in Olympia Washington. Son of Thomas Burnside and Sarah Arndt (Sletor) Morris.
Morris, Roland Sletor was born on March 11, 1874 in Olympia Washington. Son of Thomas Burnside and Sarah Arndt (Sletor) Morris.
Graduate Lawrenceville (New Jersey) School, 1892. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1896. Bachelor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1899, Doctor of Laws, Temple University, 1921, Princeton University, 1921, University of Pennsylvania, 1932, Doctor of Civil Law, University of Delaware, 1929.
Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Hobart, 1933.
Began practice in Philadelphia, 1899. Member Duane, Morris & Heckscher since 1904. Professor international law, University of Pennsylvania, since 1924, director Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, Franklin Fire Insurance Company Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan.
1917-1921, on special mission to Siberia, September-November 1918, January-March 1919, and July-October 1919.
Trustee, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Millbank Fund, Brookings Institution. Member Board City Trusts.
Member Foreign Bondholders Protective Council. Regent Smithsonian Institution Delaware to Democratic National conversations, 1904, 08, 12, 28, chairman Democratic Finance Committee of Pennsylvania, 1908, 16.
State chairman Democratic party in Pennsylvania, 1913-1916.
Elected life trustee Princeton, 1934.
Member American Philosophical Society (ex-president), Oriental Society, American, Pennsylvania and Phila bar associations (exchancellor). Clubs: Philadelphia, Princeton, Contemporary, University Barge (Philadelphia).
Married Augusta Shippen West, April.