Ron Morrison

Professor Ron Morrison was the head of School of the computer science department of the University of St. Andrews and the inventor of the S-algol programming language, and co-inventor of the PS-algol and Napier88 languages. Ron is also heavily involved with local athletics, coaching the University Cross-Country team as well as young, up and coming local athletes[1]. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[2], and the current President of Scottish Athletics[3].

He retired from the University of St. Andrews in January 2008.[4]

Selected publications
  • Morrison, Ron (1979), On the Development of Algol (PDF) (PhD thesis), Fife: University of St Andrews
  • Morrison, Ron (1979), S-algol Reference Manual (PDF) (tech report CS/79/1), Fife: University of St Andrews
  • Davie, A.J.T.; Morrison, R. (1981), Recursive Descent Compiling, Ellis-Horwood, ISBN 0-470-27270-8
  • Cole, A.J.; Morrison, R. (1982), An introduction to programming with S-algol, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-25001-3
  • Atkinson, M.P.; Bailey, P.J.; Chisholm, K.J.; Cockshott, W.P.; Morrison, R. (1983), "PS-algol: A Language for Persistent Programming" (PDF), Proc. 10th Australian National Computer Conference, Melbourne, Australia: 70–79
  • Morrison, R; Connor, RCH; Cutts, QI; Kirby, GNC; Munro, DS; Atkinson, MP (1999), "The Napier88 Persistent Programming Language and Environment", in Atkinson, MP; Welland, R (eds.), Fully Integrated Data Environments (PDF), Springer, pp. 98–154, ISBN 3-540-65772-X

Coaching and officiating

Morrison has coached a number of athletes[1], among them, Andrew Lemoncello[5] and Derek Rae.[6] He received the 'Endurance Official of the Year' award at British Athletics 16th annual Officials Conference in April 2019[7][8].

References
  1. "Athletes Coached by Ron Morrison". powerof10.info. British Athletics. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  2. "Professor Ronald Morrison FRSE, elected 2001". rse.org.uk. Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  3. "AGM elects Ron Morrison as our new President". scottishathletics.org.uk. Scottish Athletics. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  4. News Archived 6 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Ron Morrison remains a proud coach of his top Fifers". fifetoday.co.uk. Fife Today. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  6. "PBs for Kirkcaldy athlete Derek Rae alongside world's best". scotsman.com. The Scotsman. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  7. "UNSUNG HEROES OF ATHLETICS' CELEBRATED AT 16TH ANNUAL OFFICIALS CONFERENCE". uka.org.uk. United Kingdom Athletics. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  8. "Scottish Officials land top awards from UK Athletics". scottishathletics.org.uk. Scottish Athletics. Retrieved 10 November 2019.


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