Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin

His Excellency The Right Honourable The Lord Killanin MBE TD
Morris in 1976
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office July 1927 – 25 April 1999 Hereditary peerage
Preceded by	The 2nd Baron Killanin
Succeeded by	The 4th Baron Killanin
6th President of the International Olympic Committee
In office 11 September 1972 – 3 August 1980
Preceded by	Avery Brundage
Succeeded by	Juan Antonio Samaranch
Honorary President of the IOC
In office 3 August 1980 – 25 April 1999
Preceded by	vacant, last held by Avery Brundage (1975)
Succeeded by	vacant, next held by Juan Antonio Samaranch (2001)
Personal details
Born	(1914-07-30)30 July 1914 London, England
Died	25 April 1999(1999-04-25) (aged 84) Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Spouse	Sheila Dunlop
Children	Redmond Monica Deborah Mouse John
Alma mater	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). 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]