Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin

The Lord Killanin
Morris in 1976
In office
July 1927 – 25 April 1999
Hereditary peerage
Preceded byThe 2nd Baron Killanin
Succeeded byThe 4th Baron Killanin
6th President of the International Olympic Committee
In office
11 September 1972 – 3 August 1980
Preceded byAvery Brundage
Succeeded byMarquess of Samaranch
Honorary President of the IOC
In office
3 August 1980 – 25 April 1999
Preceded byvacant, last held by Avery Brundage (1975)
Succeeded byvacant, next held by Juan Antonio Samaranch (2001)
Personal details
Born(1914-07-30)30 July 1914
London, England
Died25 April 1999(1999-04-25) (aged 84)
Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
SpouseSheila Dunlop
ChildrenRedmond
Monica Deborah
Mouse
John
Alma materMagdalene College, Cambridge
OccupationJournalist, 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). He succeeded his uncle as Baron Killanin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1927, when he was 12, which allowed him to sit in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster as Lord Killanin upon turning 21.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Killanin, Lord (1983). My Olympic Years, autobiography. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-688-02209-X.
  2. ^ Killanin, Lord (1988). Olympic Games 1988. Penguin Group. ISBN 0-7181-2391-3.
  3. ^ Killanin, Lord; Duignan, Michael V (1989). Shell Guide to Ireland. Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 0-7171-1595-X.