Family and Education
Morris was born in Rice County, Kansas. He graduated from Reno Community High School in Nickerson, Kansas. He received an A.B. in political science from Washburn University in 1943. He received an LL.B. from the Washburn University School of Law in 1947 graduating first in his class and Order of the Coif. He received an LL.M. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1948. Morris received a S.J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1955. In 1942, while a student at Washburn, Morris was initiated into the Kansas Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta.
Morris was admitted to practice law in Kansas in 1947, in Oklahoma in 1949 and in Texas in 1978. Morris and his late wife, Deane Conklin Morris, had three children. He is now married to Dona Morris.
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