Called «Tall Boy» by some, Morris at thirty - five rivaled Washington in height and bearing, and was valued by hostesses as a bachelor and a charming raconteur.
«He was a marvelous raconteur, he had a wonderful sense of humor, and he could charm the socks off you,» recalls Patricia Albjerg Graham, a historian of American education and dean of the Ed School from 1982 to 1991.