Tom graduated from the University of Alberta in 1980 with a B.Sc. in Physics, and 1993 from the University of Calgary in 1993 with an M.Sc. in Statistics and Operations Research.

Tom has been involved with the Calgary section of the Canadian Operations Research Society since 1997, and during 1998-99 was Program Director. During the 1999-2000 season Tom is Vice President.

His other "claims to fame" include:

Involvement in over 100 technical reports during the past two decades, many presentations at conferences and technical meetings, and two presentations to the Calgary section of CORS. During the 1980's Tom researched environmental design criteria for structures, pipelines and shipping problems in the arctic and east coast regions of Canada.

Development of a methodology to analyze corrosion data from in-line inspection tools or smart pigs that analyze corrosion on pipelines, to predict severity of corrosion in the future.

Tom began Morrison Scientific on his 30'th birthday in 1988. During the past decade the company has grown and now has approximately 10 people. Morrison Scientific performs statistical analyses, custom computer work, develops databases for corrosion, and works on other projects for the petroleum industry. Tom is half owner of the company.

Much worldly travel, including Antarctica, were he met his wife Kathy M. Austin, a poet and author from Michigan, who was on the same trip. Hawaii, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Botswana have also been visited by this pair. They plan to sail down a portion of the Peruvian Amazon river, visit Machu Piccu, the Macaw bird sanctuary at Tambopata in Peru, and the Galapagos Islands in 2000. Previous trips (alone) included the Canadian arctic and Greenland.

Tom can be reached at:

Tom Morrison

Morrison Scientific Inc.

Suite 815, 706 - 7th Avenue S.W.

Calgary, Alberta, T2P 0Z1