Dwight Whitney Morrow was an American

United States

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 businessman, politician, and diplomat.
Born in Huntington, West Virginia

Huntington, West Virginia

Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, along the Ohio River. Most of the city is in Cabell County, for which it is the county seat. A small portion of the city, mainly the neighborhood of Westmoreland, is in Wayne County. Its population was 49,138 at...

, he moved with his parents, James E. and Clara Morrow to Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Allegheny City was a Pennsylvania municipality located on the north side of the junction of the Allegheny and Ohio rivers, across from downtown Pittsburgh. It was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907...

 in 1875. His father James, was principal of Marshall College, which is now Marshall University

Marshall University

Marshall University is a coeducational public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States founded in 1837, and named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States....

. After graduating from Amherst College

Amherst College

Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...

 in 1895, he studied law at Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School, founded in 1858, is one of the oldest and most prestigious law schools in the United States. A member of the Ivy League, Columbia Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Columbia University in New York City. It offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in...

 and began practicing at the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

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 in New York City. In 1903, he married Elizabeth Reeve Cutter

Elizabeth Cutter Morrow

Elizabeth Cutter Morrow, born Elizabeth Reeve Cutter was an American poet in the early 20th century, and became the first female head of Smith College, acting as college president from 1939 to 1940 . She was the wife of U.S...

, his college sweetheart, with whom he would have four children.