R.P. “Bob” Morrison flourished as an athlete primarily on the basketball court. He also played one season each of tennis and golf for McM.Morrison played our seasons for McM from 1938-42, coming to the Maroon & White from Abilene High School. The team was 19-13 his final two years on the hardwood.Morrison helped the McM golfers to the upper echelon in the Texas Conference race in 1942. In tennis, he and several other students actually banded together to form what was, in essence, a club team which faced other Texas Conference schools and proved to be the beginning of tennis in its current state on the campus.After graduating from McM in 1942 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, Morrison served from 1942-46 in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in England and France. Among his career paths upon returning from service were working for Halliburton, Coca Cola and Allstate Insurance. He stayed in the insurance business until his death in 1990.