John Morrison (ice hockey, born 1945) explained

Jack Morrison
Ntl Team:USA
Position:Center
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:175
Birth Date:6 April 1945
Birth Place:Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Career Start:1965
Career End:1978
Played For:Yale

John Lewis "Jack" Morrison (born April 6, 1945) is an American former ice hockey athlete and corporate manager.

Early life and education

Morrison was born in Minneapolis. He attended Phillips Academy, where he captained the hockey and tennis teams. Morrison then graduated from Yale University, where he was the all-time leading scorer for men's hockey with 51 goals and 68 assists, 119 points. He led the team in scoring his senior year with 49 points.

During his time at Yale, Morrison won the William Neely Mallory Award.[1] He is a member of the initial class, along with George H. W. Bush, of the Andover Athletic Hall of Honor. Life profiled Morrison as an outstanding secondary school hockey athlete in 1963.[2] [3]

While attending Yale, he was in the same fraternity as George W. Bush. He later graduated from Harvard Business School.

Career

Morrison was named a first-team All-American at center in 1967, and then captained the United States men's national ice hockey team at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Herb Brooks was a teammate. The Olympic team finished sixth in the competition, with Morrison its leading scorer. Morrison was tied for eighth place in scoring with Marshall Johnston.

Morrison founded an investment firm, Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison, in Minneapolis. He had been an executive at Pillsbury before founding Goldner Hawn.[4] From 2005 to 2010, Morrison served as a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board in the Bush administration.[5] [6]

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-ECAC Hockey First Team1966–67
AHCA East All-American1966–67

Notes and References

  1. Web site: William Neely Mallory Award - Yale . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181106181858/http://www.yalebulldogs.com/information/traditions/awards/mallory_award . 2018-11-06 . 2016-11-23.
  2. Remarks, Andover Athletic Hall of Honor Induction Ceremony 2008, Saturday, June 14, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Kemper Auditorium
  3. Andover Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2008 program
  4. Web site: The GHJ&M Team - Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120507022542/http://ghjm.com/ghjm-team . 2012-05-07 . www.ghjm.com.
  5. Book: Absher . Kenneth Michael . Privileged and Confidential: The Secret History of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board . Desch . Michael C. . Popadiuk . Roman . 2012-09-21 . University Press of Kentucky . 978-0-8131-4062-9 . en.
  6. Web site: White House Appoints Members of President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board . 2022-08-17 . irp.fas.org.