Thomas Morris

Thomas R. Morris (Col ’69, Grad ’73) is the sixth president of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges. Mr. Morris has served as secretary of education for the Commonwealth of Education from 2006 to 2010, president of Emory & Henry College in Emory, Va., from 1992-2006, during which time he also served as vice-chair of the VFIC from 2002 to 2004. He was also distinguished professor of political science at the University of Richmond. Mr. Morris is known as an expert on Virginia government and politics and has authored or co-authored four books, including Virginia Government and Politics: Readings and Comments, a 1998 work co-edited with Larry Sabato of U.Va. He has also written articles and book chapters and has erved as a political analyst for television, radio and print media over the past 25 years.