John Morrison (ice Hockey, Born 1945)
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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 Phillips Academy (also known as PA, Phillips Academy Andover, or simply Andover) is a Private school, private, Mixed-sex education, co-educational college-preparatory school for Boarding school, boarding and Day school, day students located in ...
, where he captained the hockey and
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teams. Morrison then graduated from
Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...
, 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
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, 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 Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate school, graduate business school of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university. Located in Allston, Massachusetts, HBS owns Harvard Business Publishing, which p ...
.


Career

Morrison was named a first-team
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at center in 1967, and then
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ed the
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at the
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.
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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
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. 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

1945 births American men's ice hockey centers Harvard Business School alumni Ice hockey people from Minneapolis Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic ice hockey players for the United States Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey players AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-icehockey-winger-stub