Hi All

Like everyone who has seen the message below from Angus, I was greatly
saddened.

He was a great guy to talk to at any of the MCG meetings that he and I
both attended.

He was knowledgeable, sharp, cynical, said what he thought, and didn't
seem to care who knew.

In his work as the SMDO, he helped an entire country.

In his work for SCRAN, he helped the world.

That's a pretty good legacy.

Michael 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
> Behalf Of Angus Kneale
> Sent: 11 September 2006 18:24
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Ian Morrison
> 
> I am very sad to have to tell you that my friend and former 
> colleague, Ian Morrison, died suddenly last week of a massive 
> heart attack while on holiday in the USA.
>  
> I'm sure many mcg members will remember Ian as a long time 
> and active member of the group - he administered the email 
> list for many years, was (I think) the original webmaster and 
> served on the committee.
>  
> Ian was employed at the National Museums of Scotland as 
> Scottish Museums Documentation Officer from 1989 until 
> September 2004, taking early retirement after NMS's 
> restructuring.  During that time he travelled widely 
> providing help and advice on collections documentation to 
> museums in Scotland, and developed the Museum Inventory 
> System (MIS), a simple MS-DOS based database which was 
> provided free of charge.  Another significant part of the 
> SMDO's original job was to look at ways of creating a 
> national database of museum collections in Scotland, which 
> led indirectly to the creation of the Scottish Cultural Access Network
> (SCRAN) in 1996, for whom Ian worked part-time as Data 
> Co-ordinator until June 1999.
>  
> Ian was also a trustee of the Bennie Museum in Bathgate and a 
> member of the Board of mda from 1994 until May 2003.
>  
> Ian's passing is particularly shocking as he was still young, 
> healthy and looking forward to a long and busy retirement.
>  
> If you remember Ian, why not spend a few moments and visit 
> his website < <http://www.iomorrison.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ian.htm>
> http://www.iomorrison.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ian.htm> - he 
> tells his own story much better than I can.  
>  
> He will be missed.
>  
> Angus
> --
> Angus Kneale
> Collections Systems Manager
>  
> National Museums of Scotland
> Chambers Street
> Edinburgh EH1 1JF
> Tel +44 (0) 131 247 4175
> Fax +44 (0) 131 247 1312
> email [log in to unmask]
> http://www.nms.ac.uk <http://www.nms.ac.uk/> 
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