Ron Morrison

Ron Morrison was the head of School of the computer science department of the University of St. Andrews where he worked on programming languages, inventing S-algol, and coinventing PS-algol and Napier88. He had graduated from St. Andrews with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in 1979. He is also heavily involved with local athletics, coaching the University Cross-Country team, and 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]

Ron Morrison
Born	United Kingdom
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Education	University of St. Andrews (Ph.D., 1979)
Known for	Programming languages: S-algol, PS-algol, Napier88; local athletics
Awards	British Athletics Endurance Official of the Year
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	University of St. Andrews
Thesis	On the Development of ALGOL (1979)
Doctoral advisor	Alfred John Cole
Website	www.st-andrews.ac.uk/computer-science/people/ron

He retired from St. Andrews in January 2008.^[4]

Selected publications

• Morrison, Ron (December 1979). On the Development of Algol (PDF) (PhD). 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. (28 January 1983). An introduction to programming with S-algol. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521250016.
• Atkinson, M.P.; Bailey, P.J.; Chisholm, K.J.; Cockshott, W.P.; Morrison, R. (1983). "PS-algol: A Language for Persistent Programming" (PDF). Proceedings of the 10th Australian National Computer Conference. Melbourne, Australia: 70–79.
• Morrison, R.; Connor, R.C.H.; Cutts, Q.I.; Kirby, G.N.C.; Munro, D.S.; Atkinson, M.P. (1999). "The Napier88 Persistent Programming Language and Environment". In Atkinson, M.P.; Welland, R. (eds.). Fully Integrated Data Environments (PDF). Springer. pp. 98–154. ISBN 3-540-65772-X.

Coaching and officiating

Morrison has coached many athletes,^[1] including 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]