Professor Floyd Emerson Morris (born 23 July 1969) is a former Jamaican politician from the People's National Party.
Morris, who began losing his sight during high school and lost it fully six years later, became the first blind member of the Senate when he was appointed in 1998.
Professor Floyd Morris was born on 23 July 1969 in Bailey's Vale, near Port Maria, Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica.
Attempts to treat the glaucoma with medication and laser treatments were unsuccessful, and six years after he began to lose his sight, he became completely blind.
In order to protect his business from failing should the PNP lose power again, Morris made sure that some of the farm's staff were members of the rival Jamaica Labour Party.
[1][3] Morris received a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from UWI, and would later return to get a Master of Philosophy in Government degree and pursue a Doctorate in the same field.
Through this organization, Morris traveled to the 1997 World Youth Congress in Cuba, where he attracted attention as a skilled public speaker.