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]
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]