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ELEANOR MAY (JONES) MORRIS was born
April 6, 1919
in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. She attended The Shipley School in
Bryn Mawr,
Pennsylvania
in 1937, and
Radcliffe
College,
Cambridge,
Massachusetts
from 1937 to 1939. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1941 and Masters of Art in American History in 1970 from
Bryn
Mawr
College
in
Bryn Mawr,
Pennsylvania
.
On,
December 17, 1944
, Miss Jones wed Samuel W. Morris, Attorney-at-law.
Mr. Morris was a farmer and represented the 155th District in the Pennsylvania Legislature. The couple had seven children, fourteen grandchildren, six great grandchildren.
They resided in Pughtown, Chester
County
since 1946.
He died
December 17, 1995
.
While on the Valley Forge State Park Commission during 1972-1977, Mrs. Morris directed her efforts to saving the 865-acre Chesterbrook tract.
She is a member of National Parks Mid-Atlantic Council, representing Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site.
Eleanor Morris is well known for her interest in historic structures and education.
She was four time Den Mother for Cub Scouts and a Citizenship Merit Badge Counselor for Boy Scouts for many years. Eleanor Morris was a member of the Board of Trustees, Mill at Anselma Preservation and Educational Trust, Inc. from its founding in 1998 to the present.
To say she was instrumental in saving the Mill at Anselma is a dramatic understatement. Mrs. Morris is a board member of Preservation Action,
Washington
,
D.C.
since its founding in 1974 to the present. She is a member of the Board of the Owen J. Roberts Education Foundation.
After Samuel Morris founded the French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust, Mrs. Morris served as Vice-President
& Secretary from its founding in 1967 to1972, serving as the President, from 1972 through 2000, and was Chairperson of Board, 2001-2002. Always busy with civic activities, she founded the Samuel W. Morris Trust in 2004 and is the President of the Trust.
Eleanor Morris is the Democrat Committeewoman in
South
Coventry
Township
.
She served as a Member on the Chester County Open Space Committee, and the Federation of Northern Chester County Communities.
Mrs. Morris founded Friendly Fellowship for Senior Citizens at the
Pughtown
Baptist
Church
, which is now managed by the
Coventryville
Methodist
Church
.
Mrs. Morris had three publications printed in conjunction with the French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust:
Proceedings of the Conferences on Voluntary Preservation of Open Space, 1974 and 1979
Pickering
Creek
Valley
: A Preservation
Opportunity
, 1976
Proceedings of a Conference on Rural Preservation in
Pennsylvania
, 1986
Eleanor May Morris has garnered many awards through the years.
We have elected to list them below, from the most recent back.
East Nantmeal Conservation Award, presented by the Board of Supervisors,
East
Nantmeal
Township
, June 2005
You Make a Difference Community Service Award, presented by the Coatesville Area N.A.A.C.P. Branch – in March, 2004
Certificate of Award for Visionary Work Conservation of Open Land, Farmland Preservation, Historic Preservation, and Founding of the French and Pickering Trust, presented by the Chester County Daughters of the American Revolution –
November 18, 2002
Life Long Commitment to the Protection of Watersheds and Natural Resources of Chester County, presented by Chester County Water Resources Authority – January, 2002
Distinguished Alumni Award, The
Shipley
School
–
May 5, 2000
An Outstanding Woman in Historic Preservation Award, presented by The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission – November 16, 1999
Great
Valley
Nature
Center
Founders Award –
June 12, 1999
Charlestown
Township
Supervisors Award –
June 12, 1999
“For her vision and continuing commitment, along with her late husband, Sam Morris, in establishing the Nature Center in Charlestown through the French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust.
In celebration and recognition of the excellent work educating the young people of our community about nature and conservation.”
Friend of the River Award for
Chester
County
, presented by The Schuylkill River Greenway Association –
November 14, 1996
Making a Difference Award, Cornerstone Council of Clean Water Fund –
June 14, 1996
Eleanor Houston Smith Conservation Award (with the French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust) The
Schuylkill
Center
for Environmental Education –
May 29, 1996
Pennsylvania
Conservation Award from Mahanatawny Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the Revolution – November 1994
Green Valleys Association Award, with Samuel W. Morris, for conservation work in
Northern Chester County – September, 1991
Freedoms Foundation Award, with Samuel W. Morris, for environmental conservation work and the founding of the French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust – 1989
Honorary Keystone Farmer Degree from Pennsylvania
Future Farmers of
America
– 1987
Outstanding Service to Conservation from the Pennsylvania
Environmental Council – 1985
Environmental Award from the Telephone Pioneers of America
– 1986
Special Recognition Award from Valley Forge Chapter, Trout Unlimited – November, 1984
Preservationist of the Year, State Historic Preservation Board,
Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commission –
March 26, 1981
Award of Merit,
Valley Forge
Audubon Society –
January 14, 1979
The Chapel of the Four Chaplains –
April 12, 1978
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Conservancy of
Southwest Florida
EDUCATION:
-
M.S. from
Carnegie
Mellon
University
-
M.A. from
George
Mason
University
-
B.A. from
Duke
University
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Adjunct faculty member at
Carnegie
Mellon
University
and
University
of
Pittsburgh
. Board member of the Great Lakes Protection Fund, Environmental Resources Trust, Friends of National Parks at
Gettysburg
, 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania/Advocates, and Pennsylvania Biodiversity Partnership.
President and CEO of the Conservancy of South West Florida, with headquarters in Naples, Florida, overseeing conservation efforts from the west everglades to Tampa Bay and Sarasota.
Prior to undertaking the great move, Mr. McElwaine was President and CEO of
the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Pennsylvania's leading environmental education and advocacy organization, emphasizing sustainable use of land and resources, conservation of essential watershed, and innovation. Prior to joining the PA Environmental Council, he was Director of Environment Programs at the Pittsburgh-based Heinz Endowments, served as an Alternate Commissioner on Governor Ridge's Commission to the 21st Century Environmental Commission. Co-founded Enterprising Environmental Solutions, Inc. (EES), a non-profit corporation devoted to the use of market forces to improve environmental quality.
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Keystone Conservation Trust
Mr. Wallis is currently launching a new conservation enterprise, Keystone Conservation Trust, which will focus on increasing capital for the
Pennsylvania
conservation industry, delivering program management and capacity building to the non-profit sector and helping others to advance conservation projects on a regional scale. Prior to starting Keystone Conservation Trust, Mr. Wallis was President and CEO of Natural Lands Trust (NLT), one of the largest regional land trusts in the
United States
. Before joining NLT in 1997, Mr. Wallis was Director of Land Protection for the Pennsylvania Chapter of The Nature Conservancy for seven years. He also serves as Chairman Vice Chairman of the PA. Land Trust Association, Board member of Radnor Conservancy, and Elder of Wayne Presbyterian Church.
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Harry J. Tucci is Chairman and President of The Harmaleah Farm Foundation, an organization that is dedicated to the promotion and preservation of
Agricultural
Land
, Clean Waterways, and Open Space.
Mr. Tucci was the Founding Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of CP Kelco, the world's largest producer of natural food ingredient products with manufacturing plants in Denmark, Germany, England, Brazil, the Philippines and the United States.
Previously, Mr. Tucci was the Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer of Hercules Inc. as well as an advisory member of the Board of Directors and a member of the Executive Committee and Operations Committee.
Prior to that, Mr. Tucci was a principal in the consulting firm of Booz Allen & Hamilton. Before that, he was Chairman, President, and CEO of Valley Forge Systems.
At General Electric, Mr. Tucci was the executive vice president of Data Systems and held a number of senior program management and new business development positions associated with the management of the company's space-borne and ground-based data-acquisition and processing systems.
While at Grumman Aerospace, Mr. Tucci was responsible for the development of the data system used for testing and pre-launch checkout of the Apollo lunar module. He was also responsible for flight-test on the F-14 aircraft program.
Mr. Tucci has been active in numerous government and defense related organizations, the Old Crows Association, and the Congressional Marines. He has been a frequent speaker at the
National
Defense
University
and has been a member of several DoD panels.
Mr. Tucci is a member of the President's Forum of Villanova University and a recipient of the Arts & Sciences Alumni Medal of Villanova University. He is a trustee of the Medical Center of Delaware, the Christiana Care Health System, and The Wyndcroft School.
Mr. Tucci is also the recipient of the USMC St. David Award, as well as the USMC Scholarship Foundation's Globe & Anchor Award and was the Chairman of its Scarlet & Gold Committee from 1997 to 2002.
A native of
Pottsville
,
Pennsylvania
, Mr. Tucci is a graduate of the
Capitol
Page
School
in
Washington
,
D.C.
, where he served as a page in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mr. Tucci received a B.S. degree in Mathematics from
Villanova
University
in 1962 and served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Mr. Tucci was married to the former Elvira A. Varuolo of L.I.,
New York
.
They have three grown sons; Harry Jr., who’s in insurance; Allen, a
Philadelphia
attorney; and Michael, a former Captain in the USMC and currently in banking.
He and his wife have bred and raised Morgan horses on their farm for over 30 years. They and their sons have shown the produce of their farm In-Hand, as well as in Park and Pleasure classes, under saddle and in harness winning numerous championships.
He has a small collection of carriage (35) and enjoys pleasure driving. He is an advisor to the board of the Carriage Museum of America.
Mr. Tucci is listed in “Who’s Who Worldwide.”
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Jim Thorne
facilitates conservation planning, research and education for the Natural Lands Trust, a 50-person regional land trust in the
Philadelphia
region.
The Hopewell Big Woods Project and the Grasslands Initiative are his primary projects.
Before joining the Natural Lands Trust in 2001, Jim worked eight years for the Pennsylvania Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, where he directed the Chapter’s Science and Stewardship programs and also led land protection and conservation planning efforts.
During that time, he wrote the ecoregional conservation plan for the Central Appalachian Forest ecoregion.
He also taught in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning at Penn with Ian McHarg for ten years, where he served as the Department’s landscape ecologist.
He now co-teaches Introduction to Field Ecology in the Biology Department at
Penn.
Jim holds a BA in Biology from the University of Rochester, an M.S. in Botany from the University of Wisconsin, and a Ph.D. in Forest Ecology/Forest Soils from
Yale
University
.
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Contact Information
- Telephone
- 610-469-6287
- FAX
- 610-469-6288
- Postal address
- Samuel W. Morris Trust
- 1153 Ridge Road, Pottstown, PA 19465
- Electronic mail
- General Information: info@samuelwmorristrust.org
Webmaster: webmas@samuelwmorristrust.org
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Andrew McElwaine, Vice President
