Bio of MORRIS, William B. (b.1867), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 641-642
WILLIAM B. MORRIS
This is an age of specialization and the advertising business has become as much
of a profession as medicine, law, etc. William B. Morris, advertising manager of
The Munsingwear Corporation, is regarded as the dean of advertising men in this
city. He was born in Montclair, New Jersey, on the 3d of October, 1867, a son of
Charles B. and Mary (Perry) Morris, likewise natives of that state. The father
engaged in the mercantile business until his death. To Mr. and Mrs. Morris three
sons and one daughter were born, William B. being the second in order of birth.
The public schools of Montclair afforded William B. Morris his early education
and he was graduated from high school there in 1884. In 1886 he came to
Minneapolis and enrolled in the University of Minnesota, from which institution
he was graduated in 1891. For some time Mr. Morris was in the employ of the
Bradstreet Thurber Company, decorators. They were located in the Syndicate block
until fire destroyed their establishment. Mr. Morris then went to Duluth,
Minnesota, and Marshfield, Wisconsin, later returning to Minneapolis. He was
employed in the grain business at the Chamber of Commerce for a time. In
January, 1896, he entered the employ of the Northwestern Knitting Co., now known
as The Munsingwear Corporation. He started in the capacity of clerk, but his
innate ability and close application to the thing at hand won for him constant
promotion, and when the advertising department was created, in 1897, he was
transferred to that department, of which he later became manager, and is active
in this important position at the present time. Mr. Morris devotes his entire
time and attention to his duties as advertising manager and the success he has
achieved is well merited. He is prominently known in advertising circles
throughout the city and nation.
In Minneapolis, on the 1st of September, 1898, was celebrated the marriage ot
Mr. Morris and Miss Jane Harding of St. Paul. To their union the following
children have been born: Margaret, Perry Morris, Stanley B. and William H. Mrs.
Morris is a woman of much culture and refinement and she is prominent in the
club and social circles of this city.
Since attaining his majority Mr. Morris has given his political allegiance to
the republican party and the principles for which it stands. He has never sought
nor desired political preferment, but is essentially public-spirited, and no
movement for the development and improvement of the city seeks his aid in vain.
He was president of the Minneapolis Rotary Club in 1921 and is a prominent
member of the local Civic & Commerce Association and the St. Anthony Commercial
Club. He is a member of the Andrew Presbyterian church, and has been an elder
and trustee in the church for years. Mr. Morris is a charter member and was
first president of the Minneapolis Advertising Forum. He was likewise a charter
member of the Publicity Club and during the life of the club was a member of the
board of directors. During the World war he was chairman of the publicity
campaign for Liberty Loan, Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. drives and for several
years he was chairman of the publicity committee for the Min­neapolis Community
Fund. Socially he is identified with the Minneapolis Athletic Club, Automobile
Club, the Minneapolis Golf Club and the Six O'clock Club. For recreation Mr.
Morris turns to outdoor sports. In every relation of life he has achieved
success. It is characteristic of him that he works diligently in behalf of any
movement or meas­ure with which he becomes identified. His interests are varied
and each enterprise with which he is connected feels the stimulus of his
progressive spirit. His opinions carry weight in social as well as business
circles and he has attained a position that classes him with the most
representative and honored business men of Minneapolis.