James Morrill

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{{Infobox politician

| name = James Morrill

| image = James Morrill 1949.jpeg

| caption = James Morrill in 1949

| alma_mater = Ohio State University

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|09|24}}

| birth_place =

| death_date ={{Death date and age|1979|07||1891|09|}}

| office = 8th President of the University of Minnesota

| term_start = 1945

| term_end = 1960

| predecessor = Walter Coffey

| successor = O. Meredith Wilson

}}

James Lewis Morrill (September 24, 1891 – July 1979){{cite LAF|id=no2007083496}} was a professor and academic administrator who served as the president of the University of Wyoming and the University of Minnesota.{{Cite web |title=University of Minnesota - Presidential History|url=https://system.umn.edu/presidential-history|publisher=University of Minnesota|access-date=August 1, 2024 }} He attended Ohio State University for his undergraduate education and, after a brief career as a journalist, he returned there for a career in teaching and administration. In 1942 he left to accept the position of president at the University of Wyoming. After only three years he was recruited to become the eighth president of the University of Minnesota. During his time at the University of Minnesota he oversaw a period of immense growth; enrollment at the school more than doubled in a single year due in large part to returning servicemen using the G.I. Bill to pursue a college education. Morrill put forward a plan to expand the campus across the Mississippi River to ensure the university would have room to accommodate the coming generation of baby boomers. After retiring in 1960 he moved to Ohio. He died in 1979.{{cite web|title=James Lewis Morrill, 1945-1960|url=https://president.umn.edu/about/presidential-history/james-lewis-morrill|website=University of Minnesota Office of the President}}