Lawrence Morris

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Biography

Mr. Lawrence Morris served as Chair of the Board of Directors, Canada & Member of the Board of Directors, U.S. at the Quebec-Labrador Foundation. After graduate school (1977), he joined QLF full-time, becoming the first Director of the Atlantic Center for the Environment, the then emerging environmental division of QLF. Eleven years later, Larry was named President of the entire organization as a result of a multiple-year, board-driven, long-range planning exercise. In the two decades since, QLF has continued to develop its regional program model (combining community service and conservation in North America) with extensive environmental stewardship exchanges with overseas regions such as the Middle East, Latin America, and Central and Southeast Europe. In the same period, QLF's endowment has grown to over $8 million. Today over 20% of the annual budget is driven by government contracts tapping QLF's experience in working across borders and at the community level. Larry holds a B.A. in History from Princeton University (1969) and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Natural Resources Management from Cornell University. After college, he served as an Officer in the U.S. Army including a year in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Larry has participated over the years on a number of organizational boards including The New Hampshire Audubon Society, the New England Salmon Association, the International Council for Bird Preservation (U.S. Section), The St. John River Society (New Brunswick), the Cornell University School of Agriculture's Advisory Council, and the National Intern Advisory Committee for the Environmental Careers Organization (ECO). Larry is currently a director of the Princeton University Class of 1969 Community Service Fund and Camp Pasquaney (New Hampshire).