I bought the very unhappy information right this moment that Ian Morrison died peacefully at dwelling yesterday. He had been sick and in hospice for a while however just a few months again he instructed me that he was going for Jimmy Carter’s report. Ian was my first boss in American well being care after I labored for him at Institute for the Future and he was as sort and beautiful as he was humorous and educated. I used to be very glad that after I began THCBGang throughout the pandemic that he was an everyday member.
Ian spent many years working with everybody throughout well being care in American and internationally, however as he used to say primarily was paid to insult individuals. That he did it so humorously and usefully was the explanation he stored being invited again. Any Ian Morrison keynote at a giant well being care convention was each an opportunity to study one thing and snort hysterically.
He additionally by no means ignored the possibility to assist these attempting to make well being care fairer and extra equitable, serving on the boards of Martin Luther King Jr hospital, the California Healthcare Basis and lots of others. He remained a jovial Glaswegian socialist at coronary heart.
Ian appreciated to say that he went from Scotland the place dying was imminent, to Canada the place dying was inevitable, to California the place dying was non-obligatory. Sadly that final crack wasn’t fairly true.
My coronary heart goes out to his spouse Nora and their kids and grandchildren. There’ll be a extra formal obituary and a celebration of his life within the days and weeks to return–Matthew Holt
