birth_place nationality name birth_date known_for article_title birth_name
montreal , quebec canadian scotty morrison 22 april 1930 nhl executive scotty morrison
 ian morrison
scotty morrison

ian `` scotty '' morrison -lrb- born april 22 , 1930 -rrb- is a former national hockey league referee and vice-president , and the former president and chairman of the hockey hall of fame .
morrison played junior hockey in quebec and then became a referee , working in junior and senior amateur leagues .
he moved to vancouver to work in the western hockey league , and from there was hired by the nhl at the age of 24 , at that time the youngest referee in league history .
morrison left the nhl in 1955 and became referee-in-chief of the western hockey league , while also working games as a referee .
he also worked in sales , and in that job was transferred to toronto in 1964 .
in june 1965 , morrison returned to the nhl as referee-in-chief .
his title became vice-president of officiating in 1981 .
in 1986 , morrison became the nhl 's vice-president of project development , assigned to the hockey hall of fame where he was made president .
he served in that role until 1991 when he became chairman of the hall , while his nhl vice-president title was dropped in 1992 .
morrison led the hall of fame through its relocation from the grounds of exhibition place to its present site in downtown toronto , and retired in 1998 .
morrison was inducted into the hockey hall of fame in the builders ' category in 1999 .
he became stanley cup trustee in 2002 .
