Major General John Frank Morrison (December 20, 1857 – October 22, 1932) was a career officer in the United States Army.

[1] Morrison was then assigned as a student at the Fort Leavenworth Infantry and Cavalry School of Application from which he graduated in July 1885.

[1] After his promotion to captain, Morrison rejoined the 20th Infantry Regiment, which traveled to Mobile, Alabama in preparation for deployment to Cuba during the Spanish–American War.

[1] Morrison remained in the Philippines until March 1904, and served as regimental quartermaster again from November 1899 to June 1901.

[1] During the Russo-Japanese War, Morrison served as a military attaché in Japan from March to November 1904.

[1] In September 1914, he was promoted to colonel and assigned to command the 6th Infantry Regiment, which he led during service on the Mexico–United States border during the Pancho Villa Expedition.

[1] In October 1915, Morrison was promoted to brigadier general as commander of United States Forces in China.

[1] In May 1917, a month after the American entry into World War I, Morrison was promoted to major general and assigned to command Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.

[1] From June 1918 to August 1919, he was stationed in San Francisco as commander of the Army's Western Department.

[1] The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Major General John Frank Morrison, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I, for services as Department Commander, Western Department, in handling with great skill, tact, and sound judgment many difficult problems arising in his department.

[9] Kate McCleery Morrison was the sister of Margaret McCleery, the wife of Major General Benjamin Alvord Jr.[9] Morrison was a highly regarded trainer and instructor, and authored written works on military operations, including 1914's Seventy Problems: Infantry Tactics, Battalion, Brigade and Division[10] and Training Infantry.

[12] From the 1920s through to World War II, officers who could say "I was a Morrison man" had professional cachet that commanded respect from their peers.

[15] The John F. Morrison Professor of Military History was created in 1974 by the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.