Donald M. Morrison

He left college to work as a civil service employee with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on a survey project of the Tennessee River.At completion of the project, he was assigned as Coast Guard representative in the Office of Inspector of Machinery, U.S. Navy, at the plant of Fairbanks-More Corp in Beloit, for Diesel engines being built for Wind-class icebreaker.Stationed next in the 17th Coast Guard District office at Juneau, he served there as Chief, Engineering Division and also as an aide to Governor Ernest Gruening.From September 1952 to July 1954, he commanded the USCGC Bibb which operated out of Boston, as an ocean station (weather) patrol vessel in the North Atlantic.In June 1960, he reported in San Francisco to assume the double duties of Deputy Commander, Western Area and Chief of Staff of the 12th Coast Guard District.Concurrent with that appointment he received orders to report to Coast Guard Headquarters for duty as Chief, Office of Operations in June 1961.Morrison retired from that post on July 1, 1964, receiving the Legion of Merit for outstanding service covering the term of his duties as Assistant Commandant.
Glens Falls, New YorkBeaumont, TexasUnited States Coast GuardVice admiralVice Commandant of the United States Coast GuardGlens FallsVancouverBritish ColumbiaCanadacivil engineeringUniversity of ChattanoogaUniversity of WashingtonReserve Officer Training Corpscivil serviceU.S. Army Corps of EngineersTennessee RiverUnited States Coast Guard AcademycommissionensignPort AngelesJuneauMobileNew York CityInternational Ice PatrolOhio River flood of 1937OaklandMerchant MarineGovernment Islandsecond Byrd Antarctic Expeditioneruption of hostilitiesNew York Navy YardGreenlandexecutive officerGrove CityDuluthBeloitWind-class icebreakerUSS CambriaMarshall Islands campaignsMajuroKwajaleinEniwetokUSS General M. C. MeigsFederal Shipbuilding CompanyNorfolkGrotonUSS Joseph T. Dickmancommanding officeralliedPhilippinesMagic CarpetHonoluluErnest GrueningUSCGC BibbNaval War CollegeCommandant of the Coast GuardSan FranciscoPresidentRear AdmiralVice Commandant of the Coast GuardLegion of MeritWilliam D. ShieldsAmerican Defense Service MedalAsiatic-Pacific Campaign MedalEuropean-African-Middle Eastern Campaign MedalWorld War II Victory MedalDayton, WashingtonArlington National CemeteryUS Coast Guard AcademyEdwin J. RolandAssistant Commandant of the Coast Guard