Daniel W. Morrison Jr. ’48

Daniel W. Morrison Jr. ’48 died on July 4, 2009, in White Plains, New York.

He was born on May 23, 1926, in New York City, and prepared for college at Roosevelt High School. At Bowdoin, he majored in economics, was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity, ran cross country track, and played varsity football, basketball, and baseball. He served with the 101st Signal Battalion in the National Guard from 1948 to 1951, then as a combat photographer for the 9th Corps of the Army in the Korean War, attaining the rank of staff sergeant. He earned an M.B.A. from New York University in 1957. He worked at Union Carbide as a real estate controller for nearly 20 years, then in the Westchester County Planning Department. He was an active parishioner in the Church of the Annunciation in Crestwood, N.Y. He is survived by three sons, Daniel Morrison, Matthew Morrison, and Neil Morrison; a daughter, Patricia Morrison; and a brother, Robert Morrison ’52.