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Magdalene College, Cambridge. Occupation. Journalist, film producer, author, business executive, honorary consul. Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, MBE, TD (30 July 1914 – 25 April 1999) was an Irish journalist, author, sports official, and the sixth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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Apr 25, 1999 · Michael•Morris: Used name: Sir Michael Morris, Lord•Killanin: Born: 30 July 1914 in London, England (GBR) Died: 25 April 1999 in Dublin, Dublin (IRL) Title(s) 3rd Baron of Dublin and Spiddal: NOC: Ireland
South Africa would not return to the Olympic fold until 1991, after the fall of apartheid as a political system. Sir Michael Morris, Lord Killanin, the third Baron Killanin of Dublin and Spiddal, succeeded Avery Brundage on 21 August 1972 to become the sixth President of the International Olympic Committee.
Morris, Michael (1914–99), 3rd Baron Killanin, writer, film producer, and sports administrator, was born 30 July 1914 in Dublin, son of George Henry Morris, lieutenant-colonel in the Irish Guards, and Dora Morris (née Wesley Hall). His father was killed in action later that year and his mother married Gerard Tharp (1918).
Apr 21, 2024 · Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin was an Irish author and businessman who in 1972 succeeded Avery Brundage as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), after having served as IOC vice president since 1968.
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Residing in London after this appointment, he retired in 1900 and was granted the hereditary barony of Killanin, becoming Lord Morris and Killanin. He died 8 September 1901 at Spiddal.
Lord Killanin (1972–1980) Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin , was elected as Honorary President of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) in 1950, and became the Irish delegate at the IOC in 1952. He eventually became senior vice-president of the IOC in 1968, and succeeded Avery Brundage to the presidency on 23 August 1972, being elected at ...
