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'''John Miller Morris, Jr.''' (1952 – February 16, 2017), was a [[geography|geographer]] from [[Texas]], who was a full professor at the University of Texas at [[San Antonio]]. He resided in the capital city of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]].
Morris was reared in [[Amarillo]], Texas. His family business, the C. B. Morris Company, was among the first family farm corporations in the state. As a youth, he attained the rank of [[Eagle Scout]]. He received a Bachelor of Arts; two master's degrees, one in community planning and the other in Slavic languages, and the Ph.D. in geography and planning from the [[University of Texas at Austin]], at which he also competed in [[fencing]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesman/obituary.aspx?pid=184352934#sthash.KOeAHMFC.dpuf|title=John Miller Morris, Jr.|publisher=''Austin American-Statesman''|date=March 5, 2017}}</ref>
His study ''El Llano Estacado'' is the definitive work on the history, geography, peoples, and culture of the region of West Texas known as the "Staked Plains". He procured awards from the University of Texas Regents for "Outstanding Teaching" and the Minnie Stevens Piper professorship for his teaching and academic achievement." He was a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, the Texas State Historical Association, and the West Texas Historical Association. At the time of his death in San Antonio from complications of surgery, he was the outgoing president of the WTHA and had been preparing for the annual meeting to be held April 7-8 in [[Lubbock]].<ref name=obit/>
He was active in clean-up drives in his Austin neighborhood and the surrounding area of Ranch-to-Market 2222. He worked to improve and expand the hiking trail at Long Canyon. He served numerous terms on his homeowner's association board. He worked with developers to assure that buildings would be as unobtrusive as possible in line with the beauty of the [[Texas Hill Country]]. He spent years restoring a 140-year-old Victorian house that he rescued from demolition and moved to the woods and hills of west Austin.<ref name=obit/>
Professor Miller was survived by a daughter, Erin Claire Noakes of [[Washington D.C.]]<ref name=obit/>
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Morris was reared in [[Amarillo]], Texas. His family business, the C. B. Morris Company, was among the first family farm corporations in the state. As a youth, he attained the rank of [[Eagle Scout]]. He received a Bachelor of Arts; two master's degrees, one in community planning and the other in Slavic languages, and the Ph.D. in geography and planning from the [[University of Texas at Austin]], at which he also competed in [[fencing]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesman/obituary.aspx?pid=184352934#sthash.KOeAHMFC.dpuf|title=John Miller Morris, Jr.|publisher=''Austin American-Statesman''|date=March 5, 2017}}</ref>
His study ''El Llano Estacado'' is the definitive work on the history, geography, peoples, and culture of the region of West Texas known as the "Staked Plains". He procured awards from the University of Texas Regents for "Outstanding Teaching" and the Minnie Stevens Piper professorship for his teaching and academic achievement." He was a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, the Texas State Historical Association, and the West Texas Historical Association. At the time of his death in San Antonio from complications of surgery, he was the outgoing president of the WTHA and had been preparing for the annual meeting to be held April 7-8 in [[Lubbock]].<ref name=obit/>
He was active in clean-up drives in his Austin neighborhood and the surrounding area of Ranch-to-Market 2222. He worked to improve and expand the hiking trail at Long Canyon. He served numerous terms on his homeowner's association board. He worked with developers to assure that buildings would be as unobtrusive as possible in line with the beauty of the [[Texas Hill Country]]. He spent years restoring a 140-year-old Victorian house that he rescued from demolition and moved to the woods and hills of west Austin.<ref name=obit/>
Professor Miller was survived by a daughter, Erin Claire Noakes of [[Washington D.C.]]<ref name=obit/>
==Reference==
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