Longtime civic leader and banker John A. Morris WG51 passed away at his home on February 8, 2017, surrounded by his family. John was born to Mount Etna and Helen Adamson Morris on December 12, 1927, in Dadeville, Missouri. On March 10, 1951, he married Mary Patricia (Patty) Montgomery in Maryville, Missouri. They settled in Jefferson City, where they resided for the next 66 years. John graduated from high school in Trenton, Missouri, in 1945. He then enrolled at the University of Missouri, where he joined the Beta Theta Pi social fraternity. He graduated from MU in 1950 with a degree in business and public administration. After graduation, John continued to support his alma mater and in 1959 served as president of the University of Missouri National Alumni Association. While attending the university, John served his country as an enlisted officer in the U.S. Army. He was stationed in Fort Lawton, Washington, and honorably discharged in 1948. After earning his undergraduate degree, John continued his education and received his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Finance.