Distinguished Engineering Alumnus
Award Recipient
William F. Morris Jr. — 1996
This outstanding 1941 Mechanical Engineering graduate is founder and president of Morris and Associates, Inc., of Raleigh, North Carolina, a refrigeration equipment company in operation since 1949. A World War II veteran of the European Theater of Operations, he received the Bronze Star for service above and beyond the call of duty, and his unit, the 394th Bomb Group, was decorated for extraordinary service.
After returning from the war, he completed two years of postgraduate work at N.C. State before returning to private business. His company manufactures refrigeration products for the poultry industry and a line of ice makers for commercial markets. His continual development of new products has earned him nineteen patents, and in 1990 he received the Governor's New Product Award for his thermal storage ice harvesters.
A registered Professional Engineer in North Carolina, he is a member of the North Carolina Society of Professional Engineers and a lifetime member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers. Graduating third in his class in engineering, he has been a longtime friend of the university, often hiring N.C. State engineering graduates for his business.
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William F. Morris Jr.