Professional and Civic Service
Morris was an adjunct professor at the University of Tulsa College of Law for over twenty years. He was president of the Tulsa County Bar Association in 1971. From 1977 to 1984 he was a member of the Board of Governors of the Washburn Law School. In 1983, he was chairman of the American Bar Association’s Section of Natural Resources Law. He is a former vice chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Southwestern Legal Foundation and an emeritus member of the Rand Corporation's Board of Overseers of the Institute for Civil Justice. Morris was formerly a regent of the State of Oklahoma's high education system and is currently a trustee of the Sarkeys Foundation.
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