Brewster Morris
{{Short description|American diplomat}}
{{Infobox US Ambassador
| name = Brewster Hillard Morris
| image = File:Brewster Morris 1963.jpg
| imagesize =
| 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 = {{death date and age|1990|9|3|1909|2|7}}{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/1990-09-11/news/25875198_1_anthony-morris-ambassador-villanova |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819193633/http://articles.philly.com/1990-09-11/news/25875198_1_anthony-morris-ambassador-villanova |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 19, 2016 |title=Brewster H. Morris, 81, Retired Ambassador - Philly.com |publisher=Articles.philly.com |date=1990-09-11 |accessdate=2012-02-03}}
| death_place = Tiburon, California
| spouse =
| children =
| party = Nonpartisan{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=115999 |title=Candidate – Brewster H. Morris |publisher=Our Campaigns |date=1963-04-25 |accessdate=2012-02-03}}
| profession = Diplomat
| religion =
}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.msg-history.com/Detachments/Chad/Chad_NDjamena.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041124115953/http://www.msg-history.com/Detachments/chad/chad_ndjamena.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-11-24 |title=Chad_N'Djamena_V3.4 |publisher=Msg-history.com |accessdate=2012-02-03 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/gov/786/000120426/ |title=US Ambassador to Chad |publisher=Nndb.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-03}}
Biography
Morris was born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, on February 7, 1909. He graduated from Haverford College in 1930{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/recordofclass1930have/recordofclass1930have_djvu.txt |title=Full text of "The record of the class of 1930" |date= |accessdate=2012-02-03}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-08-mn-560-story.html |title=Brewster Morris; Career State Department Official – Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=1990-09-08 |access-date=2012-02-03}} 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.{{cite web|author=Lawrence Kestenbaum |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morris.html |title=Index to Politicians: Morris |publisher=The Political Graveyard |date= |accessdate=2012-02-03}}
References
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External links
- [https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/chiefsofmission/chad United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Chad]
- [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/af/ci/cd/ United States Department of State: Chad]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141129114736/http://ndjamena.usembassy.gov/ United States Embassy in N'Djamena]
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Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Chad
Category:People from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Category:Haverford College alumni
Category:People from Tiburon, California
Category:United States Foreign Service personnel
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