| John Howard Morrow | |
| Office: | United States Ambassador to Guinea |
| Termstart: | 1959 |
| Termend: | 1961 |
| Birth Date: | 5 February 1910 |
| Predecessor: | Position established |
| Successor: | William Attwood |
| Birth Place: | Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Appointer: | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Children: | 2, including John H. Morrow Jr. |
| Relations: | E. Frederic Morrow (brother) |
| Alma Mater: | Rutgers University University of Pennsylvania |
| Death Place: | Fountain Valley, California, U.S. |
| Party: | Republican |
John Howard Morrow Sr. (February 5, 1910 – January 11, 2000)[1] was an American diplomat. In 1959, President Dwight Eisenhower appointed him the first ambassador to independent Guinea.[2] [3] He became the first representative of the United States in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) during the administration of President John F. Kennedy.[4] At the time, he was one of a small number of African American high-level diplomats.
Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Morrow graduated from Rutgers University in 1931 and earned graduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, a master's in 1942 and a Ph.D. in 1952.[5]
He was the brother of E. Frederic Morrow, the first African-American to hold an executive position in the White House; and Nellie Morrow Parker, the first African-American public school teacher in Bergen County, New Jersey. His son, John H. Morrow Jr., is a professor of history at the University of Georgia. His daughter is Jean Rowena.[1]
Morrow was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
His memoir is entitled First American Ambassador to Guinea (1959-1961).[6]