John H. Morrow

John H. Morrow

John Howard Morrow (1910-2000) was an American diplomat. In 1959, President Dwight Eisenhower appointed him the first Ambassador to independent Guinea. [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10830.htm] 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. [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/18817.htm] At the time, he was one of a small number of African American high-level diplomats. He was the brother of E. Frederic Morrow. His son, John H. Morrow, Jr., is a Professor of History at the University of Georgia.

Morrow was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.


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