Arthur Morris was the Pennsylvania State Mile High School Champion in 1963.
degree in Civil Engineering from Penn State University (where he was a member of Alpha Epsilon Pi) and an Honorary Doctor of Science from Franklin and Marshall College.
Morris designed flood control structures as a Hydraulic Engineer for the Pennsylvania Department of Forest and Waters from 1968 to 1970.
[2] On January 7, 1980 Morris was sworn as the youngest mayor in Lancaster history at the age of 34.
Morris chaired the Board of the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee for the Decontamination of Three Mile Island.