Greta N. Morris

Greta Morris
Greta Morris
5th United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands
	In office; August 26, 2003 – December 7, 2006
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Michael J. Senko
Succeeded by	Clyde Bishop
Personal details
Born	1947 (age 76–77); Redlands, California
Education	University of Redlands; UCLA
Profession	Diplomat

Greta N. Morris (born 1947)^[1] is a former United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall Islands.^[2] She took office on August 26, 2003. She was replaced in the ambassadorial post by Clyde Bishop on December 6, 2006.

Education

A native of Redlands, California, Ms. Morris earned her B.A. from the University of Redlands and an M.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, she taught English at the high school and university levels in California and Indonesia. She was formerly the dean of the Department of State's School of Language Studies at the Foreign Service Institute.

Career

A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Ms. Morris was most recently the Counselor for Public Affairs in Jakarta, where she led the U.S. Embassy’s public diplomacy program to strengthen U.S.-Indonesia ties and to build support within Indonesia for counter-terrorism efforts.^{[citation needed]}

Prior to her posting in Jakarta, Ms. Morris served as Deputy Director of the Office of Public Diplomacy in the Bureau for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Previously, she had postings as Counselor for Public Affairs in The Philippines, as Public Affairs Officer in Uganda, and as Press Attaché in Thailand. Ms. Morris has also served as Director of the Office of Public Affairs in the Bureau of African Affairs, Information Center Director in Nairobi, Kenya, and Cultural and Exchanges Coordinator for Africa.^{[citation needed]}

Ms. Morris joined the Foreign Service in 1980. She is the recipient of two Superior Honor Awards and three Senior Foreign Service Performance Pay Awards. She speaks Indonesian, Thai, and French.^{[citation needed]}

Hobbies

Her hobbies include swimming, playing the cello and choral singing.

References

^ "Greta N. Morris - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR GRETA N. MORRIS" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 5 September 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

External links

United States Department of State: Biography of Greta Morris

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Michael J. Senko	United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands 2003–2006	Succeeded by Clyde Bishop

[1] "Greta N. Morris - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-10.

[2] "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR GRETA N. MORRIS" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 5 September 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

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