Nancy Morrison Orthwein (June 21, 1927 – August 8, 2015) was an American tennis player. Morrison, raised in

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, was the granddaughter of William Harley DaCamara, who was founder and president of

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. She was born in Washington D.C and had two brothers. A collegiate tennis player for

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, Morrison won the 1948 Eastern Intercollegiate singles title. In 1950 she took part in the Wimbledon Championships for the only time and in the same tour finished runner-up to Gussie Moran at the

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. She twice reached the singles third round of the U.S. National Championships. Her doubles partnership with

Barbara Scofield Barbara Scofield (born June 24, 1926) is an American former tennis player. Scofield learned playing tennis at age 11 by taking lesson at the Golden Gate Park. With the Argentine Enrique Morea, Scofield won the mixed doubles at the French Champi ...

ranked as high as fourth in the United States. Morrison was the second wife of business executive

Adolphus Busch Orthwein Adolphus Busch Orthwein, also known as Dolph Orthwein, (September 2, 1917 - November 25, 2013) was an American heir and business executive. Biography Adolphus Busch Orthwein was born on September 2, 1917, in St. Louis, Missouri. His father was P ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morrison, Nancy 1927 births 2015 deaths American female tennis players Tennis people from Florida Sportspeople from Palm Beach, Florida Rollins Tars women's tennis players Tennis people from Washington, D.C.