Dr. Ione T. Corbett Morrison, a longtime Tulsa education leader, died on Sunday, January 12, 1997 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Dr. Morrison received a bachelor's degree in foreign languages in 1937, and a master's degree in English from Kansas State College at Pittsburg, and her doctorate in education from the University of Tulsa in 1974.
She had been a counselor and teacher at Washington High School for more than 30 years, the administrative assistant to the vice president of student affairs at Tulsa University from 1973 to 1974, and assistant to the president from 1974 to 1983.
She was a member of St. Aiden's Episcopal Church and served on the board of directors for many organizations, including Hillcrest Medical Center.
Gov. David Walters named her to the Governors Commission on the Status of Women.
Her survivors included her husband, Van Morrison; a daughter, Mildred Blocker of Tulsa; a son, Jackie L. Blocker of Tulsa; a sister, Vivien "Millie'' Bailey of Columbia, MD; and two granddaughters.
Dr. Morrison received a bachelor's degree in foreign languages in 1937, and a master's degree in English from Kansas State College at Pittsburg, and her doctorate in education from the University of Tulsa in 1974.
She had been a counselor and teacher at Washington High School for more than 30 years, the administrative assistant to the vice president of student affairs at Tulsa University from 1973 to 1974, and assistant to the president from 1974 to 1983.
She was a member of St. Aiden's Episcopal Church and served on the board of directors for many organizations, including Hillcrest Medical Center.
Gov. David Walters named her to the Governors Commission on the Status of Women.
Her survivors included her husband, Van Morrison; a daughter, Mildred Blocker of Tulsa; a son, Jackie L. Blocker of Tulsa; a sister, Vivien "Millie'' Bailey of Columbia, MD; and two granddaughters.
Dr. Ione T. Corbett Morrison, a longtime Tulsa education leader, died on Sunday, January 12, 1997 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Dr. Morrison received a bachelor's degree in foreign languages in 1937, and a master's degree in English from Kansas State College at Pittsburg, and her doctorate in education from the University of Tulsa in 1974.
She had been a counselor and teacher at Washington High School for more than 30 years, the administrative assistant to the vice president of student affairs at Tulsa University from 1973 to 1974, and assistant to the president from 1974 to 1983.
She was a member of St. Aiden's Episcopal Church and served on the board of directors for many organizations, including Hillcrest Medical Center.
Gov. David Walters named her to the Governors Commission on the Status of Women.
Her survivors included her husband, Van Morrison; a daughter, Mildred Blocker of Tulsa; a son, Jackie L. Blocker of Tulsa; a sister, Vivien "Millie'' Bailey of Columbia, MD; and two granddaughters.
Dr. Morrison received a bachelor's degree in foreign languages in 1937, and a master's degree in English from Kansas State College at Pittsburg, and her doctorate in education from the University of Tulsa in 1974.
She had been a counselor and teacher at Washington High School for more than 30 years, the administrative assistant to the vice president of student affairs at Tulsa University from 1973 to 1974, and assistant to the president from 1974 to 1983.
She was a member of St. Aiden's Episcopal Church and served on the board of directors for many organizations, including Hillcrest Medical Center.
Gov. David Walters named her to the Governors Commission on the Status of Women.
Her survivors included her husband, Van Morrison; a daughter, Mildred Blocker of Tulsa; a son, Jackie L. Blocker of Tulsa; a sister, Vivien "Millie'' Bailey of Columbia, MD; and two granddaughters.
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