boards death_place death_date years_active birth_place children nationality parents birth_date spouse residence article_title name occupation
kentucky kentucky high school athletic association education association , ashland board of education , ashland , kentucky 19 september 2008 1960 -- 2008 ashland , kentucky r. bruce and jason morrison american kenneth ray and arcie morrison -lrb- née thompson -rrb- july 11 , 1933 joann fritz morrison ashland , kentucky robert w. morrison
 robert w. morrison educator
robert w. morrison

robert w. morrison -lrb- july 11 , 1933 -- september 19 , 2008 -rrb- was an american educator from ashland , kentucky .
he was a member of the elks , the kentucky education association , the kentucky high school athletic association , and the ashland board of education , in addition to being a kentucky colonel , a university of kentucky 101 club member , and a united states army veteran who served during the korean war .
morrison 's career as an educator , coach and school board member spanned almost five decades and two school districts .
most notable was his involvement with the fairview independent school system .
morrison first came to fairview in 1960 and spent some years as a classroom teacher before moving into administration in 1979 , first as assistant principal and then principal of fairview high school , a position which he held for twenty-nine years .
in addition to his time as a teacher , morrison coached multiple sports -- football , baseball , basketball , track and field and golf .
at various times he was head coach in baseball , track and golf .
retiring in 1994 , morrison missed the school and returned a year later , spending much of his time there .
in addition , morrison served for several years on the ashland school board .
after morrison 's death in 2008 , aged seventy-five , his funeral was held at the robert w. morrison gymnasium at fairview elementary school .
school was canceled in the fairview district to accommodate the funeral .
