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James Frederic Morrison

Gainesville, Florida

1937 - 2019

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MORRISON, JAMES FREDERIC (1937 - 2019) James Frederic Morrison passed away unexpectedly on September 12, 2019, at age 81. He will be remembered as a generous friend and mentor to many young people. An Iowa native and 1969 Ph.D. graduate of Stanford University in political science, Dr. Morrison's...

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Es sind immer die Begegnungen mit Menschen, die dem Leben seinen Wert geben. Danke für die wertvolle inspirierende Begegnung, Jimmy- Boy!
Unsere Ausflüge in Warschau & Sanssouci sind fest eingespeichert:-)

Kathrin & Justin aus Berlin

Es sind immer die Begegnungen mit Menschen, die dem Leben seinen Wert geben. Danke für die wertvolle inspirierende Begegnung, Jimmy- Boy!
Unsere Ausflüge in Warschau & Sanssouci sind fest eingespeichert:-)

Kathrin & Justin aus Berlin

From friends here in Chiefland, FL. You are soo missed.

Dear James,

You'll be missed in Warszawa (PL) where you had many friends... in my regular Sunday-Brunch-group you were an 'always2be' attendee... we loved conversations with you... as well I did myself, philosophical as these meetings always where during the meetings outside this group, where I brought you cheese (from The Netherlands) and Polish asparagus (from our fields near Poznan)

Best memories... pity you couldn't stay longer ;-)

Cheers, Jurgen (Dutch in Warszawa)

When I was at UF circa 1986, "Dr. MojoRisin" as we affectionately called him, taught 3 or 4 courses. I took all of them. He was a master practitioner of the Socratic method. Always challenging us to examine our views of the world and what shapes them. One day he donned a Mao cap and ordered each of us to confess our crimes against the party or denounce a classmate as a "class traitor". On another occasion he made us repeatedly watch the Wendy's commercial of a mock Soviet fashion show. At...

May you be blessed on the journey you are now on. You were right: the most important experience of my life was becoming the mom of Kate, and the stepmom of Danuta, Steven and Keith!
"The sum of all sums is eternity" Lucretius.

With deep respect and sorrow, wishing the family peace.

Your achievements are phenomenal..
Your greatest achievement was doing all this with kindness, wisdom and a smile for all! ~love and gratitude from Sonia. You are greatly missed.