Morris W. Rosenberg

I just today learned of the loss of a dear friend and mentor.
Morrie was the Mexico City AP Chief of Bureau when I arrived there on my first foreign assignment. He left for Paris not long after I arrived but it was clear he left his mark. His kindness and patience helped Sylvia adjust to the change while he helped smooth off some of my rough young edges. When he came back to Mexico from Paris in 1977 as The AP’s director general for operations in Latin America he was still just as kind...

I count Morris as a friend and a tremendous part of my experience at the journalism school. I will always remember his standing invitation offered to his students for coffee hours or lunches. He was much more than a teacher; he was a mentor. Morris genuinely cared about the future of journalism, starting with his students. He encouraged us all to go the extra mile with our work. He will be forever missed but never forgotten.

Morris epitomized many of the values that have always been - for me - the most important. He was kind, considerate, and soft-spoken at a time when too many shout. Morris loved the craft of writing well and practicing the very best in journalistic skill and competence, dedication that becomes harder to find each day. Always willing to give of himself, he shared his experience and expertise with those students at UNC who either wanted to be foreign correspondents or were interested in...

Sundays with Morrie
PARIS – Back in 1977, word went around that the Associated Press named me to head the Paris bureau to save money on stationery: Morris Rosenberg would be succeeded by Mort Rosenblum. If I got by on Morrie’s letterhead for a while, I never came close to filling his chair.
Those were the days when the AP bureau chief, monsieur le director, was by definition dean of the foreign press corps. Cabinet ministers took his phone calls, and the Elysee Palace kept close...

Morris was one of many cousins but we always knew he was the most outstanding in a family of many. While I didn't see him often, I was always filled with a sense of pride to know he was family. May his memory be blessed.

The School of Journalism and Mass Communication will miss Morris. He brought a sense of history and a depth of understanding to many of our activities. He was kind, considerate and thoughtful.

I hoped to see Morris next semester,but I can't. His remarkable experience as a correspondent impressed me and it was a great fortune for a Korean journalist like me to observe his class. I can't believe his death.

Rose and I are ddeply saddened by Morris's passing. He was a first cousin of many in a very tightly knit family where there were cousins by the dozens and each one had a play-mate mostly of the same age. Morris wasn't the oldest of the cousins, but he certainly was the one that we all looked up to, regardless of our age. He will be remembered for a long time, will be missed, but his precious memories will endure in us for the rest of our lives. Cousins, Harold and Rose Kline

Rose and I are ddeply saddened by Morris's passing. He was a first cousin of min in a very tightly knit family where there were cousings by the dozens and each one had aplay-mate mostly of the same age. Morris wasn't the oldest of the cousins, but he certainly was the one that we all looked up to, regardless of our age. He will be remembered for a longf time, will be missed, but his precious memories will endure in me for the rest of my life. Cousin Harold and Rose Kline