MORRIS, David Joseph (1930-2014)
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Resident of Sydney, David Morris had a business career which like many Collegians of his era started at Ford Australia in Geelong.
The son of Alexander Morris and his wife, Annie Isobel Jackson, he went to Geelong High School and later attended College from 1946 to December, 1949 firstly, as a day student, but then as a boarder from 1947. He played in the 4th Football XVIII in 1947 but was more widely known as a rower in the 1st VIII of 1948 and vice-captain of boats in 1949. As a cadet corporal, he was among the first cadets to proudly wear the Gordon Kilt when it was first introduced at the School in April, 1949. He died, age 83 years, on 1 July, 2014.
Source
Sydney Morning Herald 7 July 2014; Ad Astra January 2015 p51. OGC 1945.