Individual Record 2348

Name}   Wilson, Morris Hicks (Morrie or Thumper)		Family History} Hancock
Title} Jr.	Race} White	Sex} Male
Birth:   Date} Exa 13 Nov 1952	Place} Vallejo, Solano, California
Marr.: Date} Cir       1977/1982	Place}
Death: Date} Exa   1 Jun 2009	Place} Swedish Hospital, Seattle, King, Washington
Burial: Date} Cir    4 Jun 2009	Place} Cremated; ashes in possession of Nancy Wilson
	Grave Marker} No	Source 1} 848 = Birth record Source 2} 661 = Death record Source 3} 1324=Obituary Source 4} 1325=Family history Source 5} 1326=Letters Source 6}   Source 7}   Source 8}   Source 9}   Source 10}   Source 11}   Source 12}
Parents: } Morris H. Wilson Sr. & Edwina Clair Whitthorne (Bee)    Relationship No.} 826
1st Household No.}
Occupation 1} Computer programmer        Occupation 2} Entrepreneur        Occupation 3} Taxi driver        Occupation 4} Dishwasher
Religion/Church}
Spouses:    First} (Restricted information)  Total Number of} 1
Notes:  Morrie was born in Vallejo, California, in 1951.  He got his nickname Thumper because he kicked a lot during his mother's pregnancy.  Shortly after that his family moved to Japan.  Morrie was raised there at the Tachikawa Air Force Base, where his father worked as a civilian for the U.S. military.  He attended St. Mary's International School in Tokyo. Morrie's family later moved to Hawaii.  There he graduated in 1970 from Iolani High School and in 1977 from the University of Hawaii with a B.S. degree in Computer Science (1977).  Also in 1977 he obtained a private pilot license and Radiotelephone Operator Permit.  In Hawaii he enjoyed flying, scuba diving, photography, computers, and reading for fun and knowledge.  While there he also worked as a dishwasher and a night-shift taxi driver.  Additionally he did programming jobs for the Educators of the Pacific, The Aloha System (digital packet broadcasting and network interfacing), and the Dolphin Research Labs of the University of Hawaii. In 1977, after being hired by The Boeing Company, Morrie moved to Seattle, Washington.  While at Boeing he worked on the B-l A, B-52 OAS upgrade, and B-1B bomber programs as a programmer and software systems expert.  He continued working there until 1989. In 1989 Morrie formed his own software company, Wilson WindowWare creating system applications that ran under the Windows Operating System.  They were marketed as shareware, with his initial product being Command Post.  His main program was WinBatch, a batch language running under Microsoft Windows. Morrie also started the World Wide School, a website to preserve and present educational material. Morrie passed away at age 57 due to pneumonia while recovering from a stroke he had on 18 Jan 2009.
Time of Birth}	Time of Death} 3:25 P.M.	Fraternal/Social}
Baptism Date}	Place}
Confirm. Date}	Photo} Morrie circa 2008
Immigr'n Date} N/A	Port} N/A
Education: Grade} High School diploma and Bachelor of Science
Military: Service}                   for the State of}
Health Condition} Stroke   Cause of Death} Pneumonia	Last Updated by} Dan Hancock Date Updated} 20 Jun 2011 Date Created}    5 Jun 2011
Copyright © 2011 by Daniel W. Hancock.  All Rights Reserved.

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