Birthname: | Thomas Robbins Morris |
Office: | 13th Virginia Secretary of Education |
Governor: | Tim Kaine |
Term Start: | January 14, 2006 |
Term End: | January 16, 2010 |
Preceded: | Peter A. Blake |
Succeeded: | Gerard Robinson |
Office2: | 19th President of Emory & Henry College |
Term Start2: | 1992 |
Term End2: | 2006 |
Preceded2: | Charles Sydnor |
Succeeded2: | Rosalind Reichard |
Birth Date: | 28 July 1944 |
Birth Place: | Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Virginia Military Institute University of Virginia |
Thomas Robbins Morris (born July 28, 1944) is an American educator who served as Secretary of Education in the cabinet of Virginia Governor Tim Kaine from 2006 to 2010. Prior to his appointment, he served fourteen years as the President of Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1966 with a degree in history and received a Master of Arts and Ph.D. in government from the University of Virginia.[1] [2]