Born in Paterson, New Jersey to Italian immigrants,[1][2] Morano moved to Greenwich, Connecticut in 1912 and attended the public schools there. He served as member of Greenwich Board of Tax Review 1933-1935, and as chairman of the Chickahominy (area within Greenwich) Town Meeting District 1935-1937. He was Secretary to Representative Albert E. Austin in 1939 and 1940. He engaged in the real estate and insurance business in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1942. He then served as Secretary to Representative Clare Boothe Luce 1943-1947, and State unemployment benefits commissioner 1947-1950, serving as chairman of the commission in 1949 and 1950.