- Date Of Birth: March 31, 1948
- Date Of Death: August 16, 2014
- State: Idaho
John (Jack) Stephen Morris
1948-2014
John (Jack) Stephen Morris, 66 years of age, of New Meadows, Idaho passed away on August 16, 2014 at his Circle C Ranch home.
Jack was born in Somerville, New Jersey on March 31, 1948. He graduated from Kenmore West High School in Tonawanda, NY in 1966 and continued on to receive his B.S. Industrial Engineering from the University of Rochester in 1970 where he was the quarterback of the University of Rochester Yellow Jackets. He received his M.B.A. at the University of Rochester in 1971. Later he completed his Ph.D. in Operations Management from the University of Oklahoma in 1988.
Post-retirement, Jack continued to serve on committees for the UI-McCall Field Campus and a UI entrepreneurship committee spearheading the Vandal Angel Fund development. More recently he agreed to serve as a member of the Board of Directors for the national Professional Golf Management Program, directed by the PGA.
After retirement in 2011, Jack and Linda moved to New Meadows, Idaho on a 40-acre ranch situated below beautiful Pollock Mountain and part of the historic Idaho Circle C Ranches. Jack and Linda both loved the outdoors and completed many outdoor travel adventures in their 41 years together. Jack was a mountaineer, having climbed Mt. Rainer and Mt. Hood several times with friends. He also climbed Mt. Adams (in Washington) twice with Linda. Jack enjoyed hiking, fishing, chukar hunting, snow skiing, whitewater rafting, scuba diving, etc. He really loved the natural beauty of Idaho and especially enjoyed weekend chukar hunts with his very good friend and colleague, the late Randy Byers, who convinced him the best hunting dogs were Brittany Spaniels. Jack leaves behind his three faithful Brittany Spaniel companions, Sage (16 years), Chili (10 years) and Darby (2 years).
Jack is survived by his beloved wife, Linda, of New Meadows; his brother William (Bill) Morris and wife Barbara of Ft. Collins, Colorado; his sister, Nancy Morris of Boston, MA; Diane Hourihan and husband Jim of West Seneca, NY; five loving nieces and nephews on his family side, and 54 loving nieces and nephews on Linda’s family side. He was preceded in death by his parents, John Michael Morris and Celia Linski Morris of Tonawanda, New York.
