John Hopkins Morison

Background

Morison, John Hopkins was born on June 29, 1913 in Milwaukee. Son of George Abbot and Amelia (Elmore) Morison.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1935; Doctor of Laws, New England College, 1973.

Career

Various positions, Bucyrus-Erie Company, South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States and Latin American, 1935-1949; president, director, Hitchiner Manufacturing Company, Inc., Milford, N.H., 1949-1993; Chairman of the Board, Hitchiner Manufacturing Company, Inc., Milford, N.H., 1973-1993; chairman emeritus, Hitchiner Manufacturing Company, Inc., Milford, N.H., since 1994. President, treasurer Upland Farm Inc., Peterborough, N.H. Chairman RiverMead Retirement Community, Peterborough, N.H., 1991-1996, trustee since 1991.

Achievements

• John Hopkins Morison has been listed as a noteworthy Casting manufacturing company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Commissioner New Hampshire Commission on Arts, 1967-1977. Member regional executive committee Boy Scouts American, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1970-1976. Member executive committee, president, New Hampshire Council on World Affairs, 1955-1976.

Trustee Canterbury Shaker Village, 1982-1996. Trustee Land Use Foundation New Hampshire, 1970-1975, World Peace Foundation, 1962-1990, Currier Gallery Art, 1969-2000, trustee emeritus, since 2000. President board directors Matthew Thornton Health Plan, 1972-1982.

Board directors Forum on N.H.'s Future, 1979-1981. President, distributing director New Hampshire Charitable Fund, 1968-1979. Member corporation MacDowell Colony.

Vice president board governors New Hampshire Public television, 1979-1989. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.

Connections

Son of George Abbot and Amelia (Elmore) M. m. Olga de Souza Dantas, July 29, 1944. Children: Maria de Souza Dantas, John Hopkins III.

Father:

George Abbot Olga

Mother:

Amelia (Elmore) M. Married Olga

Spouse:

Olga de Souza Dantas

child:

John Hopkins III Morison

child:

Maria de Souza Dantas Morison