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Russell Duane; the nephew of Roland S. Morris, onetime president of the American Philosophical Society; and a direct descendant of Ben- jamin Franklin and of Anthony Morris, Philadelphia's second mayor.
Duane, Morris, Heckscher & Roberts founded in Philadelphia; Russell Duane, descendant of Benjamin Franklin, co-founds Committee of 70 to defend the integrity of democratic elections; 1917. Roland S. Morris, Firm founder and its first chairman, named U.S. Ambassador to Japan; 1945. Morris Duane becomes Chairman of Duane, Morris & Heckscher; 1954
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Career. Worked at Duane, Morris & Heckscher LLP (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1962, Pennsylvania. 1963, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. 1964, United States. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania. 1967, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Princeton University (A.B., L.L.B.) Roland Sletor Morris (March 11, 1874 – November 23, 1945) was an American lawyer and diplomat. He was one of the founders of the Philadelphia-based law firm Duane Morris in 1904 and served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 1917 to 1920.
- March 11, 1874, Olympia, Washington, U.S.
- Woodrow Wilson
There are also letters and papers of Roland S. Morris, including letters to his sister May Morris Duane [Mrs. Russell], 1896-1933 Other letters refer to Benjamin Franklin, education, Japan, the election of Woodrow Wilson as president of the United States, wills, estates, and legal matters
Career. Worked at Duane, Morris & Heckscher LLP (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Pennsylvania. (Resident, Harrisburg Office). The firm was founded in Philadelphia in 1904 by Russell Duane, Roland S. Morris and Stevens Heckscher.
Roland S. Morris, former United States Ambassador to Japan, one of the founding partners of the firm Gene E. K. Pratter , federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania