Bevan H. Morris (born 3 March 1949 in

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) was the president of Maharishi University of Management in

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, for 36 years and a founder of the

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Early life and education

Morris received his B.A. and M.A. in psychology and philosophy from

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, England. He earned a master's degree and a PhD in the

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from

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(MERU) in Vlodrop, Netherlands. Morris also holds a Doctorate of World Peace from MERU in Switzerland.

Career

Educator

In September, 1980 Morris was appointed president and chairman of the board of trustees of the Maharishi International University, which was renamed Maharishi University of Management (MUM) in 1995. During his tenure, there was expansion of the university campus, and accreditation through the PhD level. In the 1994, he was reported to be the lowest-paid college president in Iowa, receiving an annual salary of $9,000. He is also on the board of trustees of the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment.Board of Trustees
, Maharishi University of Management Morris became the emeritus chairman of the board of trustees of MUM in 2009 after having served as chairman for 30 years. He continues to serve as its president. Morris is the International President of Maharishi Vedic Universities, a network of institutions in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. In March 2012, Morris toured 14 African countries, including Kenya, to promote Consciousness Based Education. He retired as president in 2016.

Politician

Morris was a founder and national chairman of the U.S.

(NLP). He took a leave of absence from MUM to oversee

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's first campaign for U.S. President, in 1992 and praised Hagelin's "highly coherent brain". Morris was described, in 1992, as the party's spokesman on education. He was listed in 1993 as a candidate in the Commonwealth of Australia legislative election and Morris was reported to be the leader of the Australian NLP in 1997.

Other

From 1975 to 1979, Morris was the international coordinator for MERU. In 1984, Morris toured the United States seeking practitioners of the

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to form a group in Fairfield, Iowa. Morris was appointed chairman of the Maharishi Council of Supreme Intelligence of Age of Enlightenment in 1987."Bevan Howell Morris." Marquis Who's Who TM. Marquis Who's Who, 2009. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC

Personal life

As of 2009, Morris was living in Adelaide, Australia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Bevan Living people 1949 births People from Adelaide Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Heads of universities and colleges in the United States Natural Law Party (United States) politicians