To an entire nation of Drake University graduates and staff, former sports information director and current athletic historian Paul Morrison is known as one thing: Mr. Drake. Morrison has a life-long association with Drake and amazingly, continues to work for the 76th year at the Iowa Division I school.
Recently, the City of Des Moines renamed a section of Forest Avenue on the Drake campus 
in honor of Morrison. He still comes to work every day at 94 years of age (turning 95 in July).
Morrison was inducted into the CoSIDA Hall of Fame in 1974.
He was hired as the first full-time director of the Drake News Bureau on December 15, 1945 and later served as the athletics business manager before beginning a lengthy run as sports information director. Morrison retired from his full-time position with Drake in 1986 and has continued to serve the university by volunteering his time in the athletic department as historian and consultant.
Story below courtesy of Drake Athletics and include a video and photo gallery
• Photo album from Paul F. Morrison Day
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Paul Morrison, whose name has been synonymous with Drake University for generations, and who has consistently connected the athletic community at Drake with the campus community, was honored on a gorgeous February afternoon at the official unveiling of Paul F. Morrison Way on the steps of the Knapp Center.
Forest Avenue between 25th and 31st Streets will now be known as Paul F. Morrison Way, in honor of the man known to many simply as "Mr. Drake." Morrison was paraded down Forest Ave. and he, Drake University President David Maxwell, Drake Athletic Director Sandy Hatfield Clubb as well as Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie spoke to the crowd of well-wishers.
"Thank you to so many of you who have made this week so wonderful and thank you to everyone that has helped make my Drake career so significant and enjoyable," Morrison said.
The Des Moines City Council approved the honorary street naming in Morrison's honor. They also declared today as Paul F. Morrison Day by the City of Des Moines.
"It is hard for me to realize that the naive freshman who entered Drake in the fall of 1935 now has a street named in his honor, but it just goes to show you if you live long enough good things will happen to you," Morrison joked to the crowd.
"What an absolute fitting day with temperatures in the fifties in the middle of February that we honor Paul Morrison," Hatfield Clubb said. "Paul has been a cherished member of Drake University and has worked at this university for 65 years. It is fitting that his name will forever link campus and the athletics area of Drake University."
Morrison graduated from Drake in 1939. While a student he was sports editor of the Times-Delphic as well as the Drake yearbook, the Quax. Upon graduation he was hired by The Gazette in his hometown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, before being drafted into the U.S. Army where he was stationed in the Pacific theater and produced his divis
ion's newsletter.
Upon his return from the war he resumed his position with The Gazette before being hired as the first full-time director of the Drake News Bureau on December 15, 1945. He later would serve as the athletics business manager before beginning a lengthy run as sports information director.
"Paul arrived as a freshman here at Drake in 1935 and he has been an integral part of this university ever since," Maxwell said. "Through all the changes in the world during his tenure, Paul has been a constant here at Drake and he has touched the lives of thousands of Drake students, student-athletes, staff, faculty and many more."
Since his retirement in 1986, Morrison has continued to serve the university by volunteering his time in the athletic department as historian and consultant.
Morrison received the Alumni Distinguished Service Award in 1978, the Drake medal of service in 1992 and the first Missouri Valley Conference Meritorious Service Award in 1997. The latter is now known as the Paul Morrison Award.
The three daughters of Paul and his late wife, Pauline, graduated from Drake, as well as several grandchildren, bringing to 14 the total number of Morrison family members who are Drake graduates.
At 94 years old, Morrison remains a treasure to the Drake community. For generations to come, all who travel along, or cross, Paul F. Morrison Way will know the special place he holds in Drake's history.
Morrison has described his life-long association with Drake as a love affair, which began when his parents attended Drake in the early 1900's. His father, Marion Holbrook Morrison, and mother, Leonta Starzinger Morrison, met on Drake's campus in 1902. Marion helped to start Drake's first history club and was the announcer for the 1919 Drake Relays.