Brewster Morris Explained

Brewster Hillard Morris
Order:4th
Ambassador From:United States
Country:Chad
Term Start:August 12, 1963
Term End:January 20, 1967
President:John F. Kennedy
Predecessor:John A. Calhoun
Successor:Sheldon B. Vance
Birth Date:February 7, 1909
Birth Place:Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Nationality:American
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Tiburon, California
Party:Nonpartisan[2]
Profession:Diplomat

Brewster Hillard Morris (February 7, 1909 – September 3, 1990) was an American diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Chad from 1963 to 1967.[3] [4]

Biography

Morris was born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, on February 7, 1909. He graduated from Haverford College in 1930[5] and later joined the U.S. Foreign Service. He served as Vice Consul in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (1938), and Stockholm, Sweden (1943). He also served in Berlin (before and after World War II), Moscow, London, Bonn, Montreal, Vienna, Dresden, and Frankfurt.[6] In 1963, Morris was nominated to be the United States Ambassador to Chad by President Kennedy, and was confirmed on August 12, 1963. He served in that post until January 20, 1967. He later retired from the Foreign Service and died at his home in Tiburon, California, on September 3, 1990. He was 81 years old.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brewster H. Morris, 81, Retired Ambassador - Philly.com . Articles.philly.com . 1990-09-11 . 2012-02-03.
  2. Web site: Candidate – Brewster H. Morris . Our Campaigns . 1963-04-25 . 2012-02-03.
  3. Web site: Chad_N'Djamena_V3.4 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041124115953/http://www.msg-history.com/Detachments/chad/chad_ndjamena.html . dead . 2004-11-24 . Msg-history.com . 2012-02-03 .
  4. Web site: US Ambassador to Chad . Nndb.com . 2012-02-03.
  5. Web site: Full text of "The record of the class of 1930" . 2012-02-03.
  6. Web site: Brewster Morris; Career State Department Official – Los Angeles Times . Articles.latimes.com . 1990-09-08 . 2012-02-03.
  7. Web site: Lawrence Kestenbaum . Index to Politicians: Morris . The Political Graveyard . 2012-02-03.