John Lewis "Jack" Morrison (born April 6, 1945) is an American former

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athlete and corporate manager.

Early life and education

Morrison was born in

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. He attended Phillips Academy, where he captained the hockey and

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teams. Morrison then graduated from

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, 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. 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. While attending Yale, he was in the same fraternity as

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. He later graduated from Harvard Business School.

Career

Morrison was named a first-team All-American at

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in 1967, and then captained the

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at the

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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. From 2005 to 2010, Morrison served as a member of the

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in the Bush administration.

Awards and honors

References

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